Garden

The flower garden area hasn't progressed much. The things Janie planted
are doing fine, that is, the ones not eaten by deer. The viney thing
is doing what it's susposed to. What we still need are large rocks !




We had some progress on the barn this month. At least now we can buy hay and store it dry without the use of blue tarps. This is an improvment. Next will be the inner wall, and floor.

Wylie Museum

Over the weekend, Janie and I visited the Wylie House Museum in
Bloomington Indiana. Mr. Wylie was the first President of Indiana
University. The university bought the house in 1947 while my
dad was working at IU.

It's all in the details. Only very old houses will have shutter
keeps that really work.



This first floor room was furnished as the master bedroom.




Mr. Wylie's beaver skin top hat and leather hat box can be
seen on the dresser.



This room was for the Mrs. as it contained items of intrest
like weaving, sewing and so forth.



This was a foot driven sewing machine of a style I have
never seen before. No detail was over looked.




This is one of several bedrooms upstairs. They were all so
big, even by 2010 standards. Two of them were furnished
with child-sized beds and one was a "sick room".



This upstairs bedroom has a second set of stairs leading to the kitchen
and a door out to a porch. There are windows on all four walls providing
wonderful cross ventilation.




Here's a room with no particular name that I can remember.
Chock FULL of nice old funiture, great floors and big too.




This book stand appears to fold up. Whay isn't this kind
of funiture made any more? No pressed saw dust, no pine,
no mass production, just really good lines and lastability.




How's this for a bright livingroom? The walls are all hand
painted on paper. Many items in this room are from the
family and date from the 1800's.



This Forte-piano was in the Wylie family and dates from the
late 1700's in England. It plays.



Not much modern functionality in this kitchen but
the pegs on the board, the transom over the door and the
five panels doors







The wood trim realy makes this room what it is,
the color and everything.



Just off the keeping room (kitchen) was a cold weather
pantry filled with everything a person would need in 1860.
the room had the small of old stuff.



I liked this pantry cabinet in particular. I can't decide
what type of wood that is, but it's very simple lines
and dimentions are outstanding.


This is a portion of the hand painted scene from the front hall.
The house in the picture represents Wylie House showing the
new barn now under construction. (see November post for
a tour of the now finished barn)