Bewitched...

Not too long ago on Facebook a friend posted an article about Kohler Museum's decision to dismantle  and move a historic landmark, Mary Nohl's home.

Neighbors had always complained about the tourist and local traffic. But so what? They come, they look, they enjoy, they turn around and leave. I lived across the street from her and many people used our driveway to turn around. The move is about money because this is lake view property, Lake Michigan that is.

Anyhow apparently it's a done deal. I knew it was important to visit and document possibly one last time before the land is sold and a McMansion is built.

Mary, one of Wisconsin's top 4 folklore artists, was our neighbor when we lived on Beach Drive in Fox Point, a northern Milwaukee suburb. When she passed away she left her home and art work to the Kohler museum in Sheboygan.

Due to Mary's eccentric ways and art she was called The Witch of Fox Point. The legend was that her husband and son never returned after going out on the lake one day because she cast a spell. Well, truth be told, she never was married nor did she have a child. 

Other than unusual cement lawn sculptures who are really rather friendly looking, her home was whimsical decorated with folksy wooden cutouts mostly lake related with all sizes of fish and their skeletons.

The larger creatures's eyes were colored glass and would be illuminated by passing cars's headlights at night.
It really was eery as the early morning fog rose off the lake and would waft through the grounds amidst the figures. Over the years some of the creations were broken by vandalism/ weather's wear and tear. The Kohler museum did a wonderful job of restoring the property for the last almost fifteen years. 

It is indeed a sad moment knowing that the very thing that made this property so unique, its location, will be changed.

I wish  I wish I could wiggle my nose like Samantha on Bewitched to insure the home and art could remain where it has always been on Beach Drive...  I sure hope the spirits don't revolt.