[TheForge] Skunk Parts

[Dave Brown]

At 07:19 12/15/01, you wrote:
><snip> Anyone have snow? Anyone even have cold weather?
>
>Regards from Don Plummer
>In balmy Phoenixville, PA

Snow?  Cold weather?  What's that.  This is Green Bay, Wisconsin and the 
high temp for the day should be in the mid 20's. and there should be 6"-1' 
of snow on the ground.  So, what do we have?  A balmy forecast high of 40F+ 
and the ground isn't even frozen yet, although I did see some hoar frost 
the other morning.

So today it's off to Heritage Hill, but not for blacksmithing this 
weekend.  They have some college student History major in doing some 
obligatory grant time.  He can make S-hooks though.  Me?  I'll be working 
at the 1905 Belgian immigrant farm.  I wish there was snow so I could take 
the ox out with the big sled.  But I'll have to settle for pulling the 
stone boat or the grain wagon.  The dumb questions will change from "Is 
that fire hot" to "Is that a real ox?".  As a good friend told me recently 
"Suffer the fools gladly", and so I shall try.

Christmas dinner at the farm tonight.  Cooked on and in a wood 
stove  Tortierre (pork pie), Belgian tripp (sausage) Belgian pies (think 
large Danish pastry, only better and no glazed topping), vegetables and a 
jug of dark red and dry as a bone table wine.  All grown or raised right 
there at the park.  They do call it living history, and we do have to live.

No snow, but life is good.

Dave Brown
Blacksmith/Tinsmith
Green Bay, WI
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