Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Where we came from, cousins

Time to take a trip down this gravel road... ... which is off of Wabasha County Road 4 near Theilman, Minn. ...

... to this old farm, which will look familiar to you elders...

... and on this farm there is a windmill festooned with deer antlers...

... and a cow that had given birth just one hour before and was "mowing the grass," according to Farmer Clark, who said he'd "never mowed a lawn in his life; just let the cows do it," as ducks and chickens wandered nearby...

... and here is the old L-shaped farmhouse in which many of the cousins' parents were born and grew up.

It's very old and run down now, but still the beloved home of the Clark family, which includes seven daughters and lots of lovingly-cared-for animals.

Nearby, just outside West Albany, on a lovely hillside near a trout stream, sit the weathered remains of a barn and farmhouse once occupied by Uncle LeRoy and Aunt Vi Sprick, parents of cousin Leah.

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