Home Sweet Wisconsin

[Sir Henry]

Really beautiful pic, love the stand of trees behind the house with the snow ridge behind them showing thru. I’m guessing the size of the home is perfect for you and your sidekick!

My sidekick approvezzzzzz.

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[Sir Henry]

Wisconsin Aerial is a PBS program with hours of aerial drone videos. I’ve been watching it in the background as I continue to unpack. There is so much to learn about my new home state.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HBTUEgP-eXc

[Sir Henry]

I just spoke with a long time area resident and she gave me a ton of information on the area and this house. Her son lived in it for 15 years and then she lived in it for 10 years and was the person that did the design while her husband did the work. They are my nearest neighbors.

This house was the first framed house in the area. Homes up till the turn of the century were log. The house visible from my front window was a log home built after this house and was where my neighbor grew up. She attended the single room school and was later the teacher.

The land around me is owned by another long time resident and most likely can be purchased. The school is owned by my neighbor’s son and her childhood home is owned by her daughter.

If I mention I live in the red house most people know of it.

Sometimes it takes the county grader to plow the driveway. Especially when the wind blows and the drifts are five feet deep. I’m told to be prepared to be snowed in for a week or longer.

[markiver54]

It all sounds great Gene! Good neighbors too!
Snuggle in and enjoy! I think your spring up there is going to be amazing! ☺

[Sir Henry]

It all sounds great Gene! Good neighbors too!
Snuggle in and enjoy! I think your spring up there is going to be amazing! ☺

I’m told there are only two seasons here -ice age and global warming.

[markiver54]

It all sounds great Gene! Good neighbors too!
Snuggle in and enjoy! I think your spring up there is going to be amazing! ☺

I’m told there are only two seasons here -ice age and global warming.

LOL, I still think you're gonna love it! I truly think you made the right choice. Even though I dislike winter, I am envious of your new place!

[Vaquero]

It all sounds great Gene! Good neighbors too!
Snuggle in and enjoy! I think your spring up there is going to be amazing! ☺

I’m told there are only two seasons here -ice age and global warming.

LOL, I still think you're gonna love it! I truly think you made the right choice. Even though I dislike winter, I am envious of your new place!

I hear ya on the Winters, I've been to MInn. in the winter.
No way in Hell I'd live that far north. And the older I get the more I dislike the cold.

RP

[markiver54]

Bad enough where we are Randy...eh!
Does look peaceful up there though.

[Vaquero]

Pretty Darn Peaceful right here, and
I don't have to deal with 6 mons. worth of COLD

RP

[markiver54]

Pretty Darn Peaceful right here, and
I don't have to deal with 6 mons. worth of COLD

RP

Got that right!!
I always said, when I lived in Southern California, that I had no problem putting Christmas lights on a Palm Tree.

[Sir Henry]

I’m told there are only two seasons here -ice age and global warming.

LOL, I still think you're gonna love it! I truly think you made the right choice. Even though I dislike winter, I am envious of your new place!

I hear ya on the Winters, I've been to MInn. in the winter.
No way in Hell I'd live that far north. And the older I get the more I dislike the cold.

RP

I dislike people more than the cold. I want to become a hermit.

[Hatchdog]

Springs going to be wonderful. All that field grass greening up and those beautiful trees budding out…….I can hear the birds singing already,.

[Sir Henry]

Springs going to be wonderful. All that field grass greening up and those beautiful trees budding out…….I can hear the birds singing already,.

I have a lot of birds wintering over like Blue Jays. The dried flowers outside my windows drop seeds for the birds.

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Little Girl approves.

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[BigAl52]

Hope I dont need to guess which shell you are in when I come up there if you become a hermit before I get there

[Sir Henry]

Hope I dont need to guess which shell you are in when I come up there if you become a hermit before I get there

I’m just a weekend hermit.

[Sir Henry]

I wanted a home that gathered the morning light. That was something my prior home was missing. It was a nice home but didn’t get winter sun until 10 am and on cloudy winter days it needed lots of artificial light. I would often turn every light in the house on to combat the gloom.

Here I don’t have to do that. Sunshine enters the home from the moment the sun rises even on the shortest winter day.

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This was yesterday and an overcast day. I didn’t turn a single light on.

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I never knew about homes being painted an arctic white on the inside. Yes I saw them and just thought they were bland. That was until I lived in one. I’m going to decorate this home almost to the exact opposite of my prior home. It will remain simple and uncluttered in traditional Swedish style.

The term torp was something that i had never heard before. The county I live in is 65% German however Timms Hill was settled by the Swedes. There is a lot of Swedish influence in the area and many have welcomed me to the area and congratulated me on buying the property. So much that I did some research to try to figure out what was going on. I’ve jokingly said I wanted to become a hermit yet I’ve moved into a community that goes out of their way to become friends.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torp_(architecture)

[North Country Gal]

Love the house, Gene. Home, sweet torp!

[markiver54]

Looks beautiful Gene!

[Hatchdog]

Torp sweet Torp!

Couldn’t agree more on getting lots of natural light into the home. Our present home was too dark with the wall color we selected and have already had the center part of the home (kitchen and great room) painted a lighter color. Also we added a full length glass storm door to the front door to let the afternoon light in. The rear of the house (east) is mostly glass so like you we enjoy lots of morning sun.

Your place is beautiful and the kitchen is so wonderfully bright. I am excited to see the area once spring hits and starts busting out all over.

[Sir Henry]

Torp sweet Torp!

Couldn’t agree more on getting lots of natural light into the home. Our present home was too dark with the wall color we selected and have already had the center part of the home (kitchen and great room) painted a lighter color. Also we added a full length glass storm door to the front door to let the afternoon light in. The rear of the house (east) is mostly glass so like you we enjoy lots of morning sun.

Your place is beautiful and the kitchen is so wonderfully bright. I am excited to see the area once spring hits and starts busting out all over.

Spring. I’m wondering if it will ever get here. Currently the road are glare ice and I can’t go anywhere. It’s so slick I don’t even want to walk outside to shoot. I’m limited to my front deck where I can only shoot pellets and BB’s.