Here are some images I loved from a visit with Grandma Jan right before we left Pettibone.  The kidlets warmed up to the idea of a wheelchair ride, and The Banana had a lot of fun playing with that lovely PINK flashlight.  Mr. Sneaky Pants took a liking to Grandma…

This is my Uncle Tom.  He's a little like the famous Norwegian bachelor farmers on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion, except that he's German rather than Norwegian.  He decided early on that marrying was NOT for him and lives and farms alone.  Happily.  He has a dog.  He's very tall,…