By Ruth A. Ringelstetter
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In the fall of 2014, Joann and I were heading west to look for fall color. We hadn’t driven the Farm Art DTour route before, so we thought we would drive a piece of it to see what it was like.
The Farm/Art DTour is a celebration of art, food, and farming that takes place along a 50-mile route, winding through scenic working farmland of central Sauk County, Wisconsin. We really enjoyed the rural creativity and humor that we found that first day, so a few days later on our way home, we decided to drive the rest of the route.
One of the things we found was a large round hay bale turkey sculpture with an invitational sign. The sign read “A Thanksgiving Invitation & Discussion by Dr. Tom Turkeyweiler: 'Let's talk about the health benefits of beef!!!'”
The chairs were there for us to sit a spell and Dr. Tom Turkeyweiler was waiting to give anyone who would listen his reasons for recommending eating beef instead of turkey.
The display was made by Aspen Sunset Farm, which raises grass-finished beef.
The Farm/Art DTour has switched to an every other year schedule, and will return in 2018. If you haven’t driven it before, you might want to put it on your calendar for early next October to see what the artists and farmers come up with to entertain us.
For Thanksgiving this week, we’ll travel to our youngest sister’s house and she’ll have a gorgeous roast turkey on the table. Sorry Dr. Tom, but we do love our turkey on Thanksgiving!
Whatever you do to celebrate Thanksgiving this year, may the day be happy, the food delicious, and your travels safe.
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Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Shunpiking!
Ruth
Thanksgiving...may yours be delightful! You make your readers' days happy with the beautiful posts, and we're grateful.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm grateful for friends (and cousins) like you! Happy Thanksgiving to you and John and your families.
DeleteHappy Thanksgiving to both of you and to the Tews family too!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving to you and Vern! It's supposed to be mostly sunny and 43 degrees on Thanksgiving, so travel should be fine.
DeleteWishing the Ringelstetter Family a Very Pleasant and Safe Thanksgiving! Wonderful as usual. I am Thankful knowing about your blog. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Stephanie, wishing you and your family a blessed Thanksgiving, too! Thanks for reading and commenting on our blog posts.
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