The Henry and Hilda Keranen farm is located in Wolf Lake Minnesota. The road or driveway is a long gravel drive through pine trees and then into open hay fields before the farmhouse and the many outbuildings. A large dairy barn held a large amount of loose hay, many milking cows, and a few cats. A garage where equipment was repaired was located among some large white pines, another building housed the many pieces of equipment used on the farm. A summer kitchen graced the backyard. The view from the elevated yard showed a valley of sorts that had swamps, cattails, and other marsh grasses at the bottom. On the other side of the valley are lots of pine trees mixed with deciduous species dotting the hillside. In other directions, there were pastures.
At the age of 7, I was introduced to the farm. My transport to the farm was either my dad when he went to preach in Wolf Lake, Menaga area, or with one of the brothers that traveled to Minneapolis. The youngest boy, Randy was my playmate. He was about 2 years older than I. Together we played and did things that little boys do. If a visit to the Kinnunen’s hardware store were made, we would buy caps. These were the kind you would load into a cap gun. There were 5 red rolls of caps in each little paper box. What we would use them for instead of in a cap gun,