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Staying with Grandpa was always a thrill.\u00a0 His place<\/strong> was just a mile from our farm and he had a lot<\/strong> of neat stuff to explore up there.\u00a0 All that is gone now \u2013 they cleared the whole thing off.\u00a0 I wish I had gotten pictures of the barn<\/strong> and house before it was torn down to aid in the memory of that place<\/strong> but I can still see most of it in my mind.<\/p>\n

His house had two living areas (like nearly all of them back then).\u00a0 The north room he had turned into the \u201cTV\u201d room and \u201cmen’s\u201d area when there was a gathering.\u00a0 The middle room was Grandma\u2019s room and had the couch and her curio cabinet in the corner and some chairs.\u00a0 The house had split bedrooms (only two that I remember) and a huge kitchen.\u00a0 He had a big screened in porch on the west side of the house and his garden was just west of that in the fenced yard.<\/p>\n

I remember when I stayed with him we would have \u201cPost Toasties\u201d for breakfast.\u00a0 He ate that almost every day and so he had a \u201ctip-out\u201d bin in the kitchen cabinets that was filled with bulk \u201cToasties\u201d.\u00a0 He would just get a bowl down and \u201cscoop\u201d it full and we would set at the big table to have our \u201cToasties and milk\u201d.<\/p>\n

During the summer he would put out a big old wash tub with about 6 inches of water<\/strong> in the bottom then pour a little oil on top of that water<\/strong> to put on a \u201cskim\u201d.\u00a0 He then would string out an extension cord and put a light on the edge of that tub to capture \u201cJune-bugs\u201d.\u00a0 Every morning we would have to drain off the bugs, and put more oil on top of that water<\/strong> to do it again the next night.\u00a0 I don\u2019t remember why he always did this and I do not remember what he did with the bugs after we caught all of them that way?\u00a0 I suppose he would burn them as they were all nasty with oil and not any use for fishing or anything else by then.<\/p>\n

I also remember that he had guineas to \u201cguard\u201d the place.\u00a0 He said they was as good as a dog for warning, and you could get the eggs from them if you wanted.\u00a0 The eggs were a bit smaller than chicken eggs and you had to know where they were nesting as he didn\u2019t keep them in a regular place.\u00a0 He said they was good at keeping the ticks and small bugs cleared out as well as good watch dogs so they lived in his yard a lot.\u00a0 They slept in the cedar trees<\/strong> west of the house most of the time, but some would roost in the cedar trees<\/strong> just around the house as well.\u00a0 He would always supply a bunch of them for the local Lions club – \u201cwater<\/strong> melon feed\u201d.\u00a0 They use them in place<\/strong> of the \u201cgreased pig\u201d chase cause they were as messy that way.\u00a0 They would have 10 to 15 of them in a cage in the middle of the park and when they called for the event they would turn them noisy things loose and the kids would go wild trying to capture them.\u00a0 We all had big ideas about the money we would get if we could get one and bring it back in.\u00a0 Usually the kids would only catch half or less of them wily devils.\u00a0 They can sure fly good and once they got up in the trees<\/strong> it was pretty hard to get them down.<\/p>\n

He had a really big old hay barn<\/strong> on that place.\u00a0 It must of been 3 stories tall.\u00a0 in the lower level was the stalls and milking area as well as some other stuff and a grain bin or two.\u00a0 up a ladders was a big loft where they stored hay and you could throw down bales from that loft into the feed bunks or out the front door.\u00a0 that area was huge and was real tall too.<\/p>\n

Further back from the big barn<\/strong> was a his \u201crepair\u201d barn<\/strong> or black-smith shop and the grain mill.\u00a0 I remember he had a lot<\/strong> of old black smith tools and stuff with a big fire pit as well in there.\u00a0 I remember playing with the free standing pit that had a crank on it to blow air up into the coals to make them hotter.\u00a0 He also had a huge anvil on a big old wood log in the middle of the floor.\u00a0 It was fun to take the hammer and try to make it \u201cring\u201d like he did.\u00a0 On one end he had what they called a \u201cmill\u201d.\u00a0 I can remember being there one time<\/strong> when they had a tractor with a big wheel on the side and a huge\u00a0 belt running to the mill.\u00a0 I guess they were making feed for the livestock, maybe grinding corn or rolling oats?\u00a0 I do not remember the outcome but am sure he made up a lot<\/strong> of his own feed for the livestock as he had some pigs and fed cattle in the area west of the big barn<\/strong> too.\u00a0 I remember the pig sheds were way down behind the trees<\/strong> and you could not see them until you got way back past that shop barn.\u00a0 He had several rows of cedar trees<\/strong> between them and the big barn<\/strong> and then to the house so from the house you could only see the fronts of those barns and none of the livestock feeding areas, only the huge water<\/strong> tank he had next to the barn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

That water<\/strong> tank used to also be our swimming pool and the place<\/strong> to put catfish in to \u201cflush them out\u201d.\u00a0 When ever he caught a mess of old \u201cmud-cats\u201d he would usually put them in that tank of clean water<\/strong> to to \u201cget the mud<\/strong> out\u201d before he would clean and eat them.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t do that all the time<\/strong> but he said that sometimes them old \u201cmud-cats\u201d or \u201cyellow-bellies\u201d was a bit too full of mud<\/strong> to eat and had be cleaned out.\u00a0 The tank had a short stair on the outside and the inside so we could all get in and out.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t that deep \u2013 maybe 3 foot, but for kids that was big stuff.\u00a0 It was maybe 30 feet in diameter and had a concrete bottom poured in it.\u00a0 the sides were heavy steel and bolted together as I remember.\u00a0 It was always full of cool clear water<\/strong>, a little green moss and a few fish that just missed the cleaning.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t care back then, when it was hot out, swimming was a great time<\/strong> no matter what you swam in.\u00a0 We swam in the old ponds a lot<\/strong> and the water<\/strong> in them was always muddy.\u00a0 Kids today would not even think of getting into that water<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I remember early that he had an old Hudson car<\/strong> that he put in the small \u2013 single car<\/strong> \u2013 garage<\/strong> just to the South East of the house on on behind that was another garage<\/strong> that he put his small camp trailer in.\u00a0 That faced to the west but the car<\/strong> garage<\/strong> opened to the north right down the driveway.\u00a0 It was a good walk form the garage<\/strong> to the house \u2013 maybe a hundred feet over there.\u00a0 A lot<\/strong> of the times he just parked that car<\/strong> at the yard gate to the house.<\/p>\n

Strange how I can remember some of this well enough, that I think I could draw out the place.\u00a0 Maybe not anywhere close to dimension, as things were always bigger when you were young, but I am sure I could place<\/strong> all the stuff I remember from back then.\u00a0 Sure wish I had pictures from all that.\u00a0 Maybe we do in some of the old stored stuff around but if not, I have it saved in my mind.\u00a0 – WD0AJG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Staying with Grandpa was always a thrill. His place was just a mile from our farm and he had a lot of neat stuff to explore up there. All that is gone now \u2013 they cleared the whole thing off. I wish I had gotten pictures of the barn and house before it was torn down to aid in the memory of that place but I can still see most of it in my mind.<\/p>\n

His house had two living areas (like nearly all of them back then). The north room he had turned into the \u201cTV\u201d room and \u201cmen’s\u201d area when there was a gathering. The middle room was Grandma\u2019s room and had the couch and her curio cabinet in the corner and some <\/p>\n

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