M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i in M-i-n-n-e-s-o-t-a

This is another in the series of Woodall map to scrap booking series. As you can see, this back ground map is Minnesota. I wonder what was used to make those circles? Maybe a coffee cup. In today's market, there are all sorts of cutters and shapes. You can trace and cut, you can use a blade in a little gizmo, or you can buy a machine and lots of software to cut all sorts of shapes, letters, and sayings. I heard about something recently that is computer oriented and when you can find the shape, you can copy it using this technology. I can always use the cup for something practical, like coffee.....

Do you recognize the source of the Mississippi where the children and their father are standing? Have you been there lately? We were there a couple of years ago for a wedding and the area now has a many trails and places for one to sit and just enjoy the area. It is estimated a half a million people visit Itasca State Park each year. Husband chimes, "That is almost as many visitors as Mall of America."

Without flipping over pictures and looking on the back for a date. We know this is 1973. We know that because the person sitting under neath the television set is Maria Therese. When we asked Bud who she was, he said, "Baby Anything". She became Nenna sometime early in her life and that name has remained with her. I emailed to ask her if she knew and this was her reply:

"Haha. It is a strange way to get a nickname I think. The way I've heard the story is that I was a very colicky (sp?) baby. Mom would sort of rock me in her arms, in a really big arc, and say, "maneena-maneena-manu" to try to get me to stop crying. Apparently she did it enough that the Nenna part eventually just stuck. I don't have any memory of ever being called Maria. My best friend from high school told me that I should consider myself very lucky because I could be walking around being called Manu ."

( I am still laughing about it!)

Rachel on the car listening to her first watch on or near her seventh birthday. It was her first time piece. Bud is in the life jacket, a picture from the summer.

Deer Town was designed to look like a frontier village. Wildlife included deer that can be fed by hand and trained bears. There was a Billy Goat Gruff Bridge, a children's farm, trout pond, museum and playground among the highlights. It was a nice, simple day outdoors walking among the animals. Life is different now and Deer Town has closed.

How many children in today's world get to pet a deer and feed it close up? Will they know what they are missing?