This is a lake house built on Clearwater Lake in 1914 by Elizabeth's grampa, and we extended the painting to include the sweet barns and trees and that little set of turquoise metal chairs...
Here's her story (and she's a writer!)~
This is a summer lake home that dates back to 1914, when my great-grandfather Oscar Weiss acquired land on Clearwater Lake. Back then, he and his family would drive from Minneapolis, where he was a dentist and professor, riding in their 1906 Shoemaker car. The drive took about half a day (today it takes us a little over an hour). Imagine a dirt road about the width of a room, between huge patches of corn. Once, the Shoemaker got stuck in the mud and had to be pulled out by a farmer with a team of horses. Oscar constructed a small boathouse first (still standing today) and that’s where his family stayed as the house was built. His two sons hauled stones from Clearwater Lake for the fireplace, and Oscar (also a carpenter) made the home’s stairs and buffet. The home has outbuildings—barn, garage, and large henhouse that’s now a little cabin for people, not chickens, to sleep. And see those turquoise swinging benches? Years later, one grown son of Oscar (Raymond) used to sit on them with his favorite bantam rooster on his knee.
That rooster’s name was Doody. These days, a different Raymond—my dad—is the one who takes care of his beloved Cedar Ridge, as the property is named.
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