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Category Archives: Holidays
Gina in 1959
Shirley recently sent me two photos from her wedding to Richard Cook which took place June 13, 1959. I am sharing them because they’re a couple of the last photos I have seen that include Grandmother Gina. This first photo is of Gina and daughter … Continue reading
Posted in Gina Estensen, Holidays, Uncategorized
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Borresons Visit Larkin Valley
This photo comes from a scrapbook of my mother’s, on a day when some of the Borresons visited my parents Garven and Cora in Larkin Valley near Blair. If I’ve figured this correctly, they rented the place for a few months beginning … Continue reading
Posted in Emil Borreson, Farming, Gina Estensen, Holidays, Uncategorized
Tagged Fitch Coulee, Larkin Valley
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Lutefisk, Anyone?
So, what are you having for Christmas dinner? Did you ever have lutefisk, that lye-soaked cod with which Norwegian-Americans have a love/hate relationship? Or as my mother-in-law loved to say, “the piece of cod that surpasses all understanding”? I was thinking … Continue reading
Wintertime Notes
From notes I had scribbled in a visit with Sid and Irene, I have a few winter activities to share with you, perhaps a hodge-podge but worth repeating. His brother Bennie it was, said Sid, who first took him deer hunting in the 1930s … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Recreation, Uncategorized
Tagged deer hunting, family christmas, ski jumping
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Pitching Horseshoes
A comment from Brian reminded me that pitching horseshoes was a Borreson family activity, especially at picnics and reunions. In my memory these events always included food, conversation, softball games, and horseshoe pitching – and this last I only watched unless we … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Recreation, Uncategorized
Tagged picnics, pitching horseshoes, reunions
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No Deer Hunting Back Then
In the Borreson family, there are stories aplenty of baseball and skiing, but to my knowledge, there are no stories of the Emil Borreson picking up his gun and joining a deer hunt. In recent years deer hunting is such a … Continue reading
Nordic Fest Reunion
While some of my cousins (spouses and children too) spent two or three days immersed in all things Norwegian at Decorah’s Nordic Fest, Mary and I were able to be there only Friday. But I know we included the right event … Continue reading
Posted in Foods, Gina Estensen, Holidays, Recreation
Tagged Nordic Fest, quilting, reunion, sugar cookies
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Estenson Sisters Reunion
Can anyone tell me if the Estenson Sisters Reunion still continues on? I thought I’d heard that it does, but it’s been years since I was at one of them – and years since I really thought about it. This … Continue reading
Posted in Bertinus Estensen, Gina Estensen, Holidays, Maria Thorsen, Recreation
Tagged horseshoes, picnics, softball
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Farm Vacation Days
Some of us who grew up on a farm, especially a dairy farm, didn’t think the words “farm” and “vacation” could be used in the same sentence. To live on a farm meant seven days of work, at least six … Continue reading
Posted in Emil Borreson, Farming, Gina Estensen, Holidays, Recreation, Uncategorized
Tagged family vacation
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The Red Brick House
Did you realize the big red brick house on the Borreson farm was built in 1912, 99 years ago? How many of our memories are connected with this house in some way! How many more for Odell and Nan’s family … Continue reading
Posted in Emil Borreson, Gina Estensen, Holidays, Uncategorized
Tagged farm house, home decoration, home lighting
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