It's been a banner year for iris on the Lucas County Historical Society Museum campus --- a little too banner, perhaps. Stalks are so heavily laden that they just fall over when provoked.
Jane is busy in the kitchen of the Stephens House this week, applying new wallpaper in the kitchen --- the last paper, probably installed 50 years ago when the house was restored, has declined recently to stay put, coming loose in strips. New paper seemed in order.
If you look carefully at the back porch pillar, you'll see a robin's nest on top. The eggs have hatched and the adults are not especially thrilled by the traffic in and out.
Kurt managed to get acres of grass mowed between showers on Monday --- so everything's looking as manicured as it gets.
And Patrick adjusted the settings on the Sesquicentennial Flag Pole Sunday so both the new U.S. and the new Iowa flags are aloft --- above a cushion of spirea.
The painters began work on Puckerbrush School's exterior late last week, then it started to rain again and that job now is in a holding pattern.
It's far too wet to begin work on the new concrete approaches to the Bill Marner Blacksmith Shop, or to move the Lenig windmill that has to be relocated a little farther down the big hill in order to clear the handicap-accessible route. Another holding pattern.
Kathleen, Kylie and Terry Sue have managed to get quite a lot of garden planted in the heirloom spot at the foot of hill, however --- despite all of this general dampness.
We're open now regular hours, from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and at other times by appointment. So feel free to stop in to take a look --- as long as you can live with various works in progress.
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