Roscoe Village

Jeremy’s brother, Jason, had purchased some equipment that Roscoe Village was getting rid of.  Jason is into letterpress printing, which is a pretty cool thing.  He has been collecting things for his own letterpress production is my understanding, but he also just wants to save these pieces of history and find good homes for it.  A couple weeks ago, Jeremy and his Uncle David had driven down there to get a truck – trailer load of stuff.  Jason came down the weekend of the 16th from Minneapolis to collect the rest of it. 

The girls wanted to go along this time.  Jeremy had come home from the first trip telling them about the historical village (which is not open, but there were some people there just starting to come back to test some ideas out about reopening).  He and David had had a broom making demonstration, they had seen the canal, and more.  It was too good for the girls to pass up.  So, Jason and Gloria rode in one van; Jeremy and the girls drove the truck.  It is about an hour each way.

I wasn’t there.  I stayed home for some solitude, house cleaning, and relaxing.  It was much needed break from the hum of voices around here.

It sounds like for them most part the girls really enjoyed their time.  They got to see a number of things, even though it wasn’t really up and running.  They wore masks when around others, but took them off when alone.  This is the letterpress’s former home:

         

They ventured out and saw a few other things as well:

         

They came home excited because their cousin Megan was going to be at Grandma and Grandpa’s house, and we were letting them play outside for the first time in forever!  The weather was perfect.  They had a blast – cleaning up the playhouse, jumping on the trampoline, and playing office … outside. 

    

The day ended with a picnic in our backyard with Gloria and Jason.  It was a good Saturday.