Yes, those are snowshoes, and yes, this IS April 5th. Although this are often gets spring snows in April, it is usually after the frost has come out of the ground, and the snow melts quickly. This year the frost has come out only in some areas, and the amount of snow was greater than I remember. So, I got out the snow shoes to get to the greenhouse at the bottom …
This year Keppers Pottery is fortunate to join the Earth Arts Spring Art Tour on Saturday May 5th and Sunday May 6th from 10 – 5 both days. Again this year Joyce Halvorson of Barron will be demonstrating her blacksmithing skills and offer her wares for purchase. As many of you know Ken died December 19, 2017. I will be here as well as the usual cast of characters – Big …
Memorial Service and Celebration for Ken Keppers When: Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 1 p.m. Where: D D Kennedy Park Shelter, 1459 Kennedy Mill Ave, Amery, WI 54001 What: Sign guest book, music, readings to remember and celebrate the life of Ken Keppers BRING YOUR OWN CHAIRS Directions: From highway 8 head south on 120th St. for one mile. Then head west onto 120th Ave for 2.5 miles. Head south on Kennedy …
Ken viewed everything as a potential material for a project of some sort. He loved finding things. He was a hunter and gatherer. Some people called him a pack rat, but he used what he had. Who else could build an entire chicken coop from scavenged materials? People called our place the “Reuse center.” But now I want my house back. I am sorting through boxes, drawers, tubs of rags people gave me …
Years ago Ken and I joined one of his sisters for an Easter mass in the before Easter dinner with his family. During the mass the priest spoke of how important Easter is for Christians and told us to go forth as joyful Easter people. This year I am thinking of Ken. He was an altar boy, went to Catholic schools, but no longer attended church regularly. Although not religious, Ken …
Big Red was out last night as he has been since we got some warm weather. But he came inside early this morning, And has been following the sun all day as it shines through various windows
Well, it has been an unusual spring. although there are often late snows, this one followed a day in the fifties and the forecast is for six of the next seven nights in the single digits! I pulled the sled out to the coops with water and sprouts this morning. Although the geese were having a party, the chickens were not too sure about …
I was a member of the zen center in the Twin Cities when I met Ken. I knew of no zen centers near Turtle Lake, but I came with my Buddha, incense, and gong; I put them on an old trunk my parents had given me when I went to college. Ken decided he could do better than a trunk. He took a slab and cut three holes. He inserted and pegged the …
What does one do when winter returns on March 30th? Make jam, of course! I will be selling jam here at Keppers during the Earth Arts show Saturday, May 5th and Sunday, May 6th. Here are the raspberry – blackberry on the left and black currant on the right. I have also made strawberry, ripe bell pepper, and organic peach. Other than the peaches I got in Viroqua last summer, the jams are made from …
Few people knew which tasks Ken did and which I did. We formed a good team, and I guess to many people the pieces were seamless. Ken did the planting. He made the potting soil in fall, brought in enough to fill four or five fifty gallon plastic barrels, made the soil blocks, planted, watered and transplanted. In Ken’s absence I found empty barrels – he hadn’t felt good enough to make the potting soil. …
