Long Day full of stuff to do

Wednesday was a full day of one thing to do after another.  It was time to hit the museums of Madison which are found all one after another sometimes next door to each other and some down a block or two – all are in the Capital Square area which is beautiful and one street full of restaurants.

We started the museums off at the History Museum.  The kids enjoy museums but we go through them much faster than if it is just Mike and I.  We still saw a lot though.  First up was arrowheads and flints:

Indian Bead Work:

Wow what a dress – these are silver bells all over it.  I would think it a little heavy also – a celebration dress of course most likely only worn once in awhile.

One antique quilt:

This sign goes with the quilt almost 150 years old.

A lovely painted bowl – I thought I had the writing on the card good enough but I see I don’t.  I believe it was made by a Polish person. I know I have seen painting on wood like this that from Russia and that is very close to Poland so maybe the art is the same type.

Another Polish art work – this is called Polish Wycinanki – I actually have a quilt pattern of this some where in a magazine that I kept to do some time down the road.  I believe the quilt pattern is either needle turn appliqué or reverse appliqué.

Can’t see a Wisconsin Museum without a dairy cow!

An antique sewing machine – couldn’t see a name on it other than Singer – I have no idea how old it is.

At the Children’s Museum – a roof top garden with a sand box.  Our 10 year old Utah is a beginning teacher at the karate studio (he does what is referred to as “shadow teaching” to mostly younger kids) that he goes to and he got right in there with the younger kids and started to make sand snow balls and was handing them out to all the kids.  Such patience – one of the kids would accidently break one and he would get another one ready to hand out.

Kids doing one of the things they do best – being silly:

A treat on the way home:

Then it was time to cool off in the pool at the campground:

Tomorrow morning going to an apple orchard is the plan – apples are ready for picking – it is going to be hot tomorrow (86) so good thing it is open in the morning – no sleeping in on our last day!