Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Normally, I get a little salty about Christmas in July. I love Christmas and I love July and I like to enjoy them both as thoroughly as I can. Never the twain shall meet, especially as July starts to wane and I get a little panicky that summer is going to leave me before I've [...]
We’re headed to the Bergsbaken Sunflower Festival today for last time. After 10 years of timing their crop to bloom at exactly the right weekend, and plowing parking lots, and ducking tornadoes, and corralling volunteers, and setting up tents, and creating scenic vistas, the Bergsbakens are retiring their gorgeous festival. This weekend will be the [...]
The first few buds have arrived with gorgeous precision, all set to help the Bergsbaken family prepare for one of the best Sunflower Festival in all the land. The rest of the sunflowers will bloom exactly on time for the Eighth Annual Sunflower Fest, which takes place this weekend, July 28, 29 and 30, at [...]
It's hard enough to plant a crop, tend it through fickle weather and harvest at just the right time to maximize the produce. Accomplishing all of that on the exact weekend you've invited more than 50,000 people from across the country to come to a festival you're hosting is nearly impossible. But, the Bergsbakens have [...]
Thanks to the owner/developer of one iconic Up North destination, we discovered another. Lee Bergsbaken, who rotated his crops six years ago and grew Wisconsin's prettiest Sunflower Festival, spent a little time chatting with us Saturday afternoon and urged us to check out the Hammen Family Orchard, Cider Mill and Winery. So, after a quick [...]