Book Club on Eagle Springs Lake

On the next to last day of our month-long stay at the John Day home on Eagle Springs Lake, we had the gang out for lunch and a discussion of the book, "The Invisible Wall," by Harry Bernstein. It is the story of his childhood growing up in poverty in England on a street where Jews lived on one side and Christians on the other.

It was the start of his success as an author at the age of 96 and was written to help him overcome his grief at the loss of Ruby, his wife of 67 years. He went on to write two more books, "The Dream" and "The Golden Willow."





Harry is sitting on the lap of his mother. Lilly is on the right and Rose on the left. Saul is left front and Joe on the right.




     Ruby and Harry in the early 40's in New York.





    Harry at 98 enjoying the adulation of a book club gathering.

Our book club on the front porch on Eagle Springs Lake. Still getting together after 38 years.
We said our goodbyes as we leave beautiful Wisconsin for a drive back to Sun City Vistoso in Tucson, AZ after being gone for three months.

Location:Lake Dr,Eagle,United States

Old World Wisconsin

After the Fay's arrived from Baltimore, the fun began. Since our summer home is only 3 miles from Old World Wisconsin, we took a day to explore.

A tornado leveled over 2,500 trees in OWW in June. But they missed all the historic buildings and they were back in business. It is really a marvelous historic experience to visit working farms from over 150 years ago. The grandkids really enjoyed it.

Lots of hands on experiences for kids. Here is Ceci playing with a toy.





The old fashioned wooden tops were fun to learn how to operate.



Owen, Katherine, Laura





I tried this puzzle and worked on it for a long time. Christopher solved it in about 5 minutes. And I thought I was good at this stuff.




Owen showed us how to play checkers.






Using a slate in the school room was fun. It was about the size of an iPad.
A slate marker is used to write on a slate tablet.




Guess what the girls wanted from the gift shop.

It was really fun to have the Miller's and Fay's for five days.




Linda, Christopher, Karen, and Jeannine

Miller Clan Arrives

This last Saturday, the Miller Clan came up for a day at the lake. This was the first time they had come to see us in our new rental home for the month of August. We are very happy in our peaceful lake home with no TV. We often eat out on the screened porch overlooking the lake.










When the Miller's arrived we had lunch ready on the BBQ. For the afternoon we all went swimming in nearby Mukwonago county park.









The water was clean and warm. Ceci and Christopher enjoyed playing with Jeff.









Katherine is growing up and will be in the 3rd grade this year.









Ceci will enter preschool this year.








Christopher is taking after granddad Miller -- he has grown to be a big boy. He is 5' 1" and 95 pounds and will be going into the 6th grade. He will be 12 in October.











But still they are no match for papa Jeff. But they never stop trying. They will be coming back in a week when the Fay's arrive from Baltimore. Then so long to peace and quiet.

Eagle Springs Lake Home

We arrived August 1st for a month long stay at our rental home on Eagle Springs Lake-- just south of the town of Eagle and west of Mukwonago.






Each evening we go down to the dock and take the canoe out for a paddle to various parts of the lake and into the connecting Lulu Lake.





Linda sits in front and I sit in back to paddle and steer.





We watch the sun set over the trees along the shore and then head home.









To get here, take County Rd Lo out of Mukwonago going west. In about 6 miles you will come to county road E. Go straight on Lo for about one mile. Turn left onto Lake Dr which is just before the road to Eagle Springs Golf Resort. Go until you see a fork in the road. Go left down the road past a pond and drive to the end. You have arrived. The address is W351 S10298 Lake Drive Eagle 53119.










See you soon.

Vernon Farm Weekend

When we moved to Racine Wisconsin, 40 years ago, and joined a couples bookclub soon thereafter, we certainly didn't expect it would last this long. But it did. On our return to Racine this summer, we were able to be present for several gatherings of the group. This past weekend it was at the annual Vernon Farm in Spring Green Wi. We attended our usual matinee at the American Players Summer Theater. This year the play was "As You Like It."









But most of the time, we sit on the porch and recall the 'good old days' and bemoan the present state of affairs.








Lucky for us, we are mostly bleeding heart liberals, so we reaffirm each other's positions rather than argue. There was a crack in the Obama armour for the first time.








We take turns preparing meals for all. This gives Morris a chance to show off his special culinary skill -- making pancakes.







On the Sunday, we depart back to our busy retirement lives filled up with food and memories for another year.

Location:Spring Green Wi