Sunday February 17th
We were invited over to have brunch with Cathey's brother Phil and his wife Liz this morning. Phil is suffering from the onset of alzheimer's disease but was very lucid today. He told us some old Oshkosh stories about swimming across Lake Winnebago and fishing in various places in WI. Later he brought out some of the knives that he has made. I was amazed at the finely detailed craftsmanship that was apparent in his work. He talked about the equipment that he built to grind the knife blanks into the shape he wanted and how many failures there were before he made a good one. He primarily made hunting knives but also made some ornamental replicas of medieval weapons. He also made jewelry but we did not get to see any of that.
When we left their house we did a few errands and then returned to home sweet trailer. The weather was beautiful, 68 degrees with sunny skies and we sat outside for awhile.
Later I went to a local produce seller named Simonian Farms. The oranges and produce were very reasonable but the processed nuts and dried fruits were as expensive as in a grocery store. The really great thing about this stop was that they have a display of antique tractors around the outside of the store!
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