{"id":3253,"date":"2011-08-07T22:02:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T02:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/?p=3253"},"modified":"2011-08-08T22:23:11","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T02:23:11","slug":"genesee-country-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/2011\/08\/genesee-country-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesee Country Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our theme this week is &#8220;Olden Times&#8221;, though most of our week will be spent experiencing that rather than crafting things.<\/p>\n<p>We started today by visiting the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcv.org\/\">Genesee Country Village &amp; Museum<\/a>, where they were having &#8220;Laura Ingalls Wilder Days&#8221;.\u00a0 We only spent the afternoon, but next year we will definitely plan to spend the whole day!\u00a0 The girls had so much fun!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3255\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3255\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3255\" title=\"20110807_gcvm_1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_1.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not quite authentic prairie dresses...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>First, we ran into a friend of mine, Ron, who was demoing dyeing yarn with indigo, cochineal and onion skins, in dye pots over open flames outdoors.\u00a0 This was in the backyard of a house filled with various spinning wheels and looms.\u00a0 I quite possibly could have spent the day exploring just this one house!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3256\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3256\" title=\"20110807_gcvm_2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_2.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ron, in his pioneer garb.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3257\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3257\" title=\"20110807_gcvm_3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_3.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An antique, sure, but I bet it still works!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3258\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3258\" title=\"20110807_gcvm_4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_4.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Makes me want to take up weaving!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3259\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3259\" title=\"20110807_gcvm_5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_5.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carolyn was going for the old time &quot;pout&quot; in this photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then we went to farmhouse where the girls could make cornhusk dolls.\u00a0 They were thrilled!\u00a0 And they spent the remainder of the day playing with them and making up stories for them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3260\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3260\" title=\"20110807_gcvm_6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_6-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_6.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Learning how to make dolls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3261\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3261\" title=\"20110807_gcvm_7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_7-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_7.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wait, where do the arms go?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3262\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3262\" title=\"20110807_gcvm_8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_8-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_8.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Such simple, perfect toys!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We walked a bit further on and got to taste ginger water, and see cheese being made.\u00a0 Then, after a quick ice cream break, the rain started in earnest.\u00a0 We ducked under a tent and Carolyn, Denis and Anna all took turns making a tin ornament with a hammer and nail.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3263\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3263\" title=\"20110807_gcvm_9\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_9-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_9.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watch those fingers!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3264\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3264\" title=\"20110807_gcvm_10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_10-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_10.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excuse the blurriness...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We dashed to another house and the girls got to try their hands at kneading bread dough.\u00a0 And then at another they washed some laundry the 19th century way&#8230;in the rain, no less!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3265\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3265\" title=\"20110807_gcvm_11\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_11-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_11.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#39;s hard work, kneading bread by hand!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3270\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3270\" title=\"20110807_gcvm_16\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_16-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_16.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna was thrilled with this activity!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3266\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3266\" title=\"20110807_gcvm_12\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_12-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_12.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You never saw two children so eager...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3267\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3267\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3267\" title=\"20110807_gcvm_13\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_13-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_13-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_13.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">...to do laundry.  In the rain, no less!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Finally, we rode the tractor-pulled wagon around the entire village, hit the gift shop, and headed home.\u00a0 Both girls had a wonderful time today, but Carolyn especially loved seeing how Laura and her family would have lived, worked and played.\u00a0 I highly, highly recommend this to any Little House fans!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3268\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3268\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3268\" title=\"20110807_gcvm_14\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_14-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_14-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_14.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carolyn in a soggy sunhat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3269\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3269\" title=\"20110807_gcvm_15\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_15-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110807_gcvm_15.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna and Mommy on the wagon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our theme this week is &#8220;Olden Times&#8221;, though most of our week will be spent experiencing that rather than crafting things. We started today by visiting the Genesee Country Village &amp; Museum, where they were having &#8220;Laura Ingalls Wilder Days&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-3253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-summer-fun","tag-olden-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3253"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3272,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253\/revisions\/3272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}