Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Last Friday, in an attempt to walk off at least a little of our turkey dinner, we stumbled into a sweet piece of history. Shawano's Heritage Park Grounds gave us an excellent opportunity to stretch our legs in a beautiful setting and transport ourselves back in time. We had the place to ourselves on Black [...]
Drive down almost any country road in Wisconsin and eventually you'll pass a church with a steeple and a story that will blow you away. A few weeks ago, we stumbled onto the Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church just as a summer storm rolled through Shawano County. I stopped to take a couple of pictures because [...]
With creativity, artistry and contagious pride, Shawano County has become the barn quilt capital of Wisconsin. On bright red, weathered gray and crisp white barns all over the county, 297 quilts stitch the history of a community devoted to faith, family and farming. Launched in the summer of 2010, the Barn Quilt Project has developed [...]