Coffee Messiah

Mt Carroll, Illinois

By the late 18th century, Brazil, no longer under
Portuguese colonial rule, supplied the world's
coffee demand of 294,000 tons.

For the first time since the Dutch
had wrestled control over the coffee trade
in the Middle East from the Arabs,
another nation, Brazil, the king of coffee countries,
ruled the "old" coffee world.

Down the street from the town square, was
this unusual mail box, with two unique
older gents. The box is used for putting
your old torn flags in, and the VHF group
burns them for you.

Humor is everywhere in this town.

This is part of a Haunted House, but what caught our eyes
were the Tuxedo Cats.
Ched, Dennis and last but not least, Edward.

This is the Campbell Center school.
Campbell Center For Historic Preservation.

Not sure if you can tell, but on the bottom
right branch is a Squirrel. Sorry, it's a
cheap camera without a zoom lens. ; (

Tollman Hall where most of the classes are held.

Grapes.................

There were 3 benches overlooking a creek.

Sat, we saw a headline in the Galena paper that
Blackwater (yes, that Blackwater) was purchasing
a size-able amount of farm land for
a nice little rifle range.