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wacky wednesday

Wacky Wednesday – Historical Markers

January 8, 2013 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

Wacky Wednesday: Historical Markers

What is Wacky Wednesday? Last year we created WACKY WEDNESDAY to help us get over hump day and try to remember to do something fun and unusual on Wednesdays. Not every Wednesday is Wacky Wednesday, but we try to do something a little crazy or nature-oriented.

Historical Statue

We are taking a tour of history today in our own town via Historical Markers! Come explore various parts of our local History as we have fun on another Wacky Wednesday!

We first checked online at the Historical Marker Database to see where nearby marker were. Just so happens that our town has 26! A ton are within walking distance and near our library right “downtown”, but with all the construction and fresh concrete we chose to drive.

DUE TO MAJOR CONSTRUCTION around our historical markers (the sidewalks and parking were ripped up!), we had to stop by some other markers in our region! We still had some fun!

local historical markers

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Wacky Wednesday: Pressed Pennies

November 21, 2012 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

Wacky Wednesday: Pressed Pennies

What is Wacky Wednesday? Last year we created WACKY WEDNESDAY to help us get over hump day and try to remember to do something fun and unusual on Wednesdays. Not every Wednesday is Wacky Wednesday, but we try to do something a little crazy or nature-oriented.

Wacky Wednesday Pressed Pennies

 

This version of Wacky Wednesday was an afternoon trip for mom and dad kid-free! We were heading to a large city near us and I double checked Penny Collector to see if we would be near any Penny Press Machines. We were going to be near 3 different locations if time permitted. We picked the location closest to where we had already planned to be, Carillon Historical Park, which featured 4 different designs.

The four designs are:

Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur)
Deeds Carillon ( Deeds Family established park)
1905 Wright Flyer III
Locust Grove School (one of the historic buildings in the park)

photo credit: penny collector.com

We found the machine just inside the main entrance. We had some pennies and quarters in our pockets but had to make change for some more. We wanted to get all four designs while we were there. I accidentally put the money in the slot and pushed the money on into the machine BEFORE I selected the image to press!  Hubby caught me the next time so we wouldn’t do double images twice. So we ended up with 5 pressed pennies which is okay.

 

Sorry the pics aren’t too good we forgot the camera and so had to make do with our phone! The lighting was a little weird with the sun streaming in the windows.

Have you tried pressed penny collecting? Have you found any unusual places near you that have a machine?

Thanks for sharing in our WACKY Wednesday adventure! Do you do something on a special day of the week just to keep things fun? Please share what your family enjoys doing. Subscribe to my blog via email to get updates when a new post is fresh off the presses!

 

Filed Under: Blogging, Wacky Wednesday Tagged With: date, history, homeschooling, pressed pennies, wacky wednesday

Wacky Wednesday!

October 6, 2012 By Thaleia 1 Comment

Wacky Wednesday! Autumn Leaves

What is Wacky Wednesday? Last year we created WACKY WEDNESDAY to help us get over hump day and try to remember to do something fun and unusual on Wednesdays. Not every Wednesday is Wacky Wednesday, but we try to do something a little crazy or nature-oriented.

 

TODAY October 3- Princess and Lil’ Red went with me on a leaf hunt. We first stopped at Salvation Army Thrift store in hopes that the puppy rain boots for Princess would still be there. They were not:(

We headed to our local community college since I had noticed after class on Monday how beautiful the leaves were there compared to our house or around the block.

When I saw a super cute leaf art project on Crafty Crow that included a video tutorial; I was in!
The Crafty Crow ink painted fall leaves button v2

Here’s our results:

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