Grace And The Yellow Brick Road OR All Good Things Come From Minnesota...

Last week I was back up in Minneapolis working at my account there. I drove in on Monday and had appointments all through Friday. However, I did finish early on Thursday and, as my BFF was 3 hours away up in Grand Rapids, I HAD to drive up to see her. I debated as I knew I had a 7 a.m. appt back in St Paul and would have to leave early, but, its just what you do for your BFF.

I got up on Thursday afternoon and Melissa had someone watching the kids so we got to roam around, kid-like it was the good old days...

Judy Garland was originally from Grand Rapids and so they have a little museum and her house there. Mel had never seen it and neither had I so - we had to check it out!

Mel pitches in at the Garland homestead.... actually - she just couldn't afford admission, so in lieu of dishes...

As Mel mows... I take a little trip on down the yellow -- laminated -- hallway....

Google it... the ruby slippers were stolen from the Garland Museum....

According to the signage in the museum, we must presume that this is a replica of the original Glade Plug-In that the Garlands used back in the early 1900s... who knew!

Its hard to read, but, in essence, Judy's mom was a little freaked by lightning and thunder so they had to run to the basement alot.... Here's the funny story...

Mel's mom is very creative, love her, and when Judy Garland died, she told the 4 Overbo girls that she died by being struck by lightning in the bathtub! If thats not funny enough -- they had a window in their bathroom shower area!

So now - we know that there actually was a little history with lightning and the Garlands.. maybe mom wasn't wrong?


Don't ask me....they were there... we had to do it.....

Does this look familiar??? The picture that hung in our kitchen for decades was actually taken in Bovey, MN

This is the original "Grace" picture and here's a link to the story
http://www.gracebyenstrom.com/history.html

We still had a little more "goof" in our systems so we headed to the nearest antique store for some good old-fashioned fun....

Moose and ... girl?

You gotta love how much fun you can have in Minnesnowta! Land of 10,000 lakes and 10,000 laughs - if you have the right friends :)!