pictures from the weekend

[low_delta]

As promised...


One of the fox kits, after the others had gone inside. Waiting for mom?


Apparently, they are living there, under that porch.

The pictures are in chronological order, starting friday evening. One pic is clickable.


This house was across the street from there. Check out the detail, on just this one part.


As trivia, the guy who bought the mill, back in the early seventies, and used it to help turn Cedarburg into a historic, tourist town, set up a winery there, where he sold his Newberry wine. He named it that because he first made the wine when he lived on Newberry Street in Milwaukee, which is where I took the previous pictures.


This is behind a studio/art center in the old brewery, near where I took the previous picture.


At Lion's Den on Saturday.


Mike an his friend Aaron, at Mike's going-away party.


Jill is in awe of Aaron's badditude.


The party was at Paddy's. Paddy's has a rather unique collection of... stuff, as decor. These chairs were really heavy, as you might expect of something shaped like elephants. Each chair was carved of a single hunk of wood.


This picture only gives you a clue to the amount of stuff attached to every surface available.


The covered bridge at Covered Bridge Park.


Cyn is speaking with Roadskoller.

Comments

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

These are truly delightful. I want to live there in all those places at the same time.

[ravengirl.livejournal.com]

Nice pics! Love the fox and the detail on the house.

[vocalista001.livejournal.com]

A fun tour :-)

I think foxes look like a cross between a cat and a dog.

V wants to know if we can do a brewery tour?

[ranunculus.livejournal.com]

Love the Fox, and in fact like most of these pics.

House detail delightful.

[marswalker.livejournal.com]

That last photo is like a mini-Versailles....

they're all great - the kits are too cute, but that last one does remind me of getting of on the Rive Gauche.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Catty looking dogs?

Certainly! Miller? Or one of the small places?

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

The Lloyd R. Smith House (registered historic place), and current home of the Villa Terrace Decorative Art Museum.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Yes, I can see you living in the big Gothic mansion, and under the porch with the foxes... but the bridge? Oh, under the bridge, I'll bet. X-D

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I'd be galloping across the bridge, holding a fiery pumpkin! La!

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Wow. Lots of gingerbread on the Victorian place. The foxes were under THAT house? Is it abandoned?

Where is the last one located?

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

these are wonderful pictures, Kevin. I especially like the ones of Cedarburg, I REALLY would like to visit there.

[emschin.livejournal.com]

I like them all, but the one with the Pabst Theater and that modern building juxtaposed in the back is really interesting. Is that a hotel?

[emschin.livejournal.com]

I had lived in Milwaukee for some time before I visited Cedarburg to see the art shops, tour homes, and eat the wonderful quiche place. (What is the name of that place???I don't remember.)

I am interested in what Kevin told us about the building of the winery and how Cedarburg became a "tourist" place.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

The foxes live at the house across the street from the Victorian Gothic place. No it wasn't abandoned, though the side of their porch doesn't appear to be kept up all that well. The rest of the place was in good shape, if not immaculate.

That last pic is of the Lloyd R. Smith House (registered historic place), and current home of the Villa Terrace Decorative Art Museum. The back of it (as pictured) overlooks the lake. It's on the lake, just south of North Ave. and Bradford Beach. Zoom in! (http://atlas.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&formtype=address&latlongtype=degrees&latdeg=43&latmin=3&latsec=28&longdeg=-87&longmin=52&longsec=51&zoom=5&title=Smith,%20Lloyd%20R.,%20House)

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I thought it was the Wyndham, but I learned that it's the Milwaukee Center. The Wyndham (which is now the InterContinental) is a shorter building next door to it.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

The Creme & Crepe?

Cedarburg:
The Cedarburg Woolen Mill, was founded in 1864, and by 1893 it was the largest woolen mill west of Philadelphia. In 1897 a generator was installed, producing the first electricity in the town. The mill closed in 1968, and sat vacant for several years, until an offer was made to buy the buildings. The prospective owner intended to tear them down and build a gas station and mini-mart. Then mayor, Stephan Fischer, told him he'd need a demolition permit. There was no such thing, but it bought enough time that the buildings could be saved. Bill Welty bought the buildings on the corner and street, opening a restaurant. Jim Pape then bought the mill buildings on the creekside, opening a winery. Known as the Cedar Creek Settlement, the rest of the space was rented out to shops, studios and restaurants.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm sure you'd enjoy Cedarburg.

[emschin.livejournal.com]

A gas station and a mini-mart instead of what became Cedar Creek Settlement?
I am grateful to the mayor who was so clever in avoiding that!

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you're not alone!