You got some great stuff! I really missed my BFFs during the lock downs. We did a lot of Friday night Happy Hour Zoom meetings, but it’s just not the same. We’re making up for lost time these days - we’ve had something scheduled every month for the past three.
I’m glad those books are a hit! :)
Speaking of Christmas Decor, we are planning a trip to Villa Louis in Prairie du Chien when they’re all done up for Christmas. Can’t wait!
After white settlers drove Indigenous communities from their homelands, (ahh,the glories of woke wkpd...gotta get that stab at whitey in there!) the land was purchased by Hercules L. Dousman, who was a man of many trades: a fur trader, a lumberman, a land sculptor, and a frontier entrepreneur.
I tried to find out what a "land sculptor" is, and other than a tractor attachment - which I don't think ol Herc had - well, Diana, what is a land sculptor?
Now, I've studied a little of Ian Mcharg's "Design with Nature", and that's about as close to what I imagine that is:
Basically, planting 'shields' of evergreens to block the prevailing winter winds, and planting (bushes, etc.) to produce a venturi effect to capture summer winds...things like that. Just a guess, though!