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12 X 16 WRAP CANVAS, PUT ON SHELF OR HANG...GERANIUMS..$50

20 X 20, ESREY PARK...$70


18 X 24, WATERCOLOR, LADYSLIPPERS....$75

ABOUT 16 X 20 IRIS, WATERCOLOR...$40 ($35 IN A MAT...FRAME  IS A LITTLE SCRATCHED)

11 X 14 HANCOCK OVERLOOK, ACRYLIC, FRAMED...$80

20 X 26 WATERCOLOR, MC CALLUM CREEK IN BOOTJACK...(AS YOU CAN SEE THE MARKDOWN...WAS $175, NOW $80)  AGAIN, SORRY FOR REFLECTION ON THE GLASS.

24 X 36 ACRYLIC OF PT. ISABELLA SHORE...WAS $500, NOW $200

24 X 36 ACRYLIC, COPPERHARBOR...WAS $500, NOW $200

18 X 14 WATERCOLOR, FRAMED...WAS $200, NOW $55
SWEDETOWN SKI TRAIL

THIS PRINT IS CALLED "BEARY ADORABLE"...I HAVE ABOUT 15 LEFT.  YOU WILL GET THIS FREE WHEN YOU MAKE A PURCHASE.  




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15 X 25 APPLE BLOSSOMS....$50

18 X 20 MATTED PRINT...RASPBERRY ISLAND, ISLE ROYALE.  THIS IS THE LAST PRINT LEFT.  BLUE MAT, SORRY FOR REFLECTIONS....$50

ORIGINAL PAINTINGS LISTED IN THE FOLLOWING PICTURES....CALL IF INTERESTED. CLICK ON PICTURE TO ENLARGE SO YOU CAN SEE IT BETTER!

THE FOLLOWING 5 PAINTINGS CAN BE SEEN AT THE COPPER COUNTRY ASSOCIATED ARTISTS, FIFTH ST., CALUMET

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COPPER HARBOR WATERCOLOR....APPROX 15 X 22
PRICES ARE SET, BUT CAN BE REDUCED W. MY APPROVAL

24 X 30 WATERCOLOR...FENCE/FLOWERS

COPPER HARBOR OVERLOOK...APPROX 15 X 22

16 X 20 WATERCOLOR, HEADWATERS OF MEDORA CREEK

FLOWER CHAIN, ACRYLIC, WRAPAROUND CANVAS,
APPROX 12 X 20

MY VERY LOADED CHRISTMAS TREE
FOR REAL/NOT A PAINTING


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BEEN DIGGING IN MY PORTFOLIOS AND FOUND THESE 3 PAINTINGS.  ALL ARE UNFRAMED AND UNMATTED.  THIS ONE IS KIND OF A WHIMSY PAINTING, BUT AN ACTUAL PLACE.  IT'S ONE OF THE SWEDETOWN PONDS IN THE MORNING WITH THE OSCEOLA MINE AND GEESE ON THE POND.  $25..12 X 16 WATERCOLOR...YOU COULD LOP OFF LOTS OF THE WHIMSY AND GET A MORE "NORMAL" LOOK....(BOY, THESE ARTISTS!}

THIS IS 9 X 12 WATERCOLOR DEMO DONE IN SO PADRE ISLAND...$10

8 X 10 WATERCOLOR CALLED "GOSSIP".....$10

PLEASE, MY APT. nO. IS 26 , y'all...change it in your book, thanks.

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1 1/2 YRS AGO AT THE "BI"...GUESS WHO THEY ARE?

RICK AND DAVE...(THANKS FOR THE PIC, RICK'S SON)

GRAMPA BRIAN HELMINEN READING TO CASSIE AND AMIE HELMINEN

TOOK MY SENIORS TO THE HUT, LAST SUMMER 2014
NINA TOROLA, DARLENE HELMINEN, ME,  PAMELA TOROLA AND PAUL TOROLA

THESE TWO TWIN BIRDS HAD A BIRTHDAY ON DEC. 25...SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YOU OLD FARTS

A VISIT AT LENNIE AND LAURA HILL'S IN THE FALL.  HERE IS NOAH HAATAJA USING THE APPLE-SLICER-PEELER (H. KIDS THERE OVERNIGHT AT THE TIME)

MARY HILL USING THE FOLEY TO MAKE THE APPLESAUCE

LENNIE SAID "U GOTTA TAKE A PIC OF US FOR U KNOW WHO FROM DOWN THE HILL"
JACK HAATAJA, DON DAAVETTILA AND LENNIE

GOOD BUDS....MARY, AUNTIE JUDY ROEPKE, LAURA AND SUSAN
ME, CAROL JURMU AND JUDY HAATAJA WERE THERE ALSO, BUT NO PIC, UNFORTUNATELY


ROBERT HILL, REUBEN, LEROY AND IRVING HAATAJA

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GREATGRANDSON, TAAVI HYRKAS, CHECKING OUT A BIRDBATH AT THE CASITA

ME WITH GRANDSON ROGER HELMINEN AT THE CASITA

BABY SHOWER IN OCT. 2014 FOR LORETTA MORRIS/HELMINEN (ROGER'S WIFE) IN NO. DAKOTA
HAPPENED TO BE A BUNCH OF RELLIES
ANNIKKA TAIVALKOSKI, ALANA TERVO/HOKENSON, LORETTA, GRETA HYRKAS/KINNUNEN, HEIDI SALMEN/HELMINEN, AND INA HAATAJA/HELMINEN

PROUD PARENTS..EMILY, GRANT AND TRAVIS PENNALA

BIRTHDAY BASH FOR THE OLD MAN, DON DAAVETTILA, 80 YEARS OLD THIS FALL

NOV. 16 DIE-HARD-COLDWEATHER GOLFERS DOWNSTATE
BILL SEITER, RICH PENNALA AND RAY KASTAMO
THEY ARE HIDING THEIR GLOVES

TWO OF A KIND....PETE AND KIRBY IN THEIR TEEN YEARS, PRETENDING TO GIVE A DUET WITH A VIOLIN AND A FLUTE.  DON'T KNOW WHOS HOUSE THIS IS AT.  GOT THIS PIC VIA IRENE WHO GOT IT FROM RUTH ANN K.  THANKS A BUNCH, I LOVE THIS PICTURE, MAKES ME SMILE.  
I STILL HAVE PAINTINGS FOR SALE....JUST SCROLL DOWN...

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GRANDSONS, BRIAN AND STEVE TOROLA OVER FOR A GREAT VISIT!

FROM BRITA HEIKKINEN, WHO IS HAVING A GREAT TIME IN ALASKA...
ABBIE HELMINEN, CLAIRE KANGAS, KATRINA, LILY HELMINEN AND BRITA

MARIA STUROS SENT THIS PIC OF THEIR GINGERBREAD HOUSE SESSION

A GREAT BUNCH OF CHRISTMAS CAROLERS AT MEDICAL CARE IN DECEMBER
PIETILA, PETERSON, RUOHONEN, ASIALA, WIITANEN, JOHNSON, FREEMAN, JOHNSON

BRUCE HELMINEN 10TH BIRTHDAY BASH IN DEC.
REUBEN HAATAJA, BRUCE, HANS KIILUNEN, NOAH HAATAJA
LEVI TERVO, MATT KIILUNEN  2014


OUR CHURCH IN THE MORNING SUN
"OH THE MORNING SUN SO LOVELY"

MADDIE TOROLA'S BIRTHDAY SLEDDING PARTY AT SWEDETOWN
ALLIE BJORN, SIENNA ANDERSON, MILEA STUROS, DANICA RYYNANEN, MADDIE IN PINK, JADA HENDRICKSON, JANA ISAACSON,  JACKIE KIILUNEN, STELLA SUOMIS

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NINA TOROLA AND DARLENE HELMINEN

BUNCH OF GIRLS AT CHURCH...MY GUESSES ARE JOHNSON, STUROS, KARINIEMI, BJORN, ANDERSON AND POYHONEN  CORRECT ME IF IM WRONG, EH?

JAY ISAACSON

TOP..LANA HEINONEN, MAIJA TOLKKINEN, JUDY HAATAJA
ELLEN YLITALO, MARIA TOROLA

BABY SHOWER IN DICKENSON FOR LORETTA HELMINEN
RUTHANN MORRIS, MOM, MADE IT THERE

INA HELMINEN, ??, AND ??  SEND NAMES, PLEEZE
AT THE BABY SHOWER

BUNCHA MOLDY OLDIES: BILL TOLKKINEN, AL TOROLA, JACK HAATAJA, CHESTER YLITALO

AT THE BAZAAR IN NOV:  ENJOYING MARI HELMINEN, DAUGHTER OF LEO AND SARAH.
FROM LEFT, BRUCE, SARAH, LYNN, ISIS, MARI, JOYCE, NINA, ANTTI

AT NOV. BAZAAR...BUNCH OF ANDERSON'S...AND A HENDRICKSON ON THE R.
SELLING A BUNCHA STUFF!!!

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PAM TOROLA, IN A SNOWBANK...SHE FORGOT HOW TO DRIVE OUT THERE IN CONN. AT YALE...SHE CAME HOME FOR XMAS
GETTING PAM OUT OF THE SNOWBANK AFTER OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY AT THE MOHAWK GYM...2014

BRIAN AND MARGIE HELMINEN FAMILY, CHRISTMAS MORNING
CATERPILLAR GAME AT OUR PARTY

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YEARLY PYRAMID AT THE XMAS PARTY...ENLARGE PHOTO, SEE THE EXPRESSIONS ON THE BOTTOM TIER....

CHRISTMAS YEARLY PHOTO, 2014 CHRISTMAS PARTY

YEARLY CHRISTMAS GINGERBREAD PARTY AT PARK AVE. WHERE I LIVE.  THIS IS MY LAST ONE, AFTER 30 YEARS OF HOSTING IT.  NOW IF SOMEONE ELSE HAS IT, I WILL GO TO THEIR PLACE, AND EVEN MAKE A GINGERBREAD HOUSE!





LENNIE TOROLA AND PAUL KANGAS WERE IN THE RUNNING FOR THE MOST CREATIVE!   (WE HAD A FEW EXTRA FRIENDS AND RELLIES THERE, THEY WERE MOST WELCOMED)

MIGHTY ALASKA...RUSSELL HELMINEN


KATRINA, LILLY AND RUSSELL HELMINEN ON THEIR CARIBOU HUNT.  JOYCE HELMINEN  WENT ALONG TO BABYSIT LILY WHILE THE MIGHTY HUNTERS WERE DOING THEIR THING.
                                                                           2014
RUSSELL AND LILLY TAKING A BREAK...NOTICE THE PIPELINE IN THE BACK.

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CALVIN HELMINEN WENT TO MY CASITA, CRAWLED OVER THE FENCE WITH A SHOVEL TO DO THE ROOFS...I TOLD HIM TO TAKE SOME PICS BEFORE HE DID IT....LOOKEEE, HOW BEEEUTIFUL IT IS THERE, EVEN IN WINTER!!




JIM ESKOLA SENT ME THIS PIC. TAKEN LONG AGO OF DETROIT LADIES.  WE COULDNT FIGURE OUT WHO MOST WERE, BUT HERE'S A STAB:
FIRST ROW: ?, JENNY PIETILA, CHARLOTTE LASSILA AND BRO. JOHN, ?,  ANNA LASSILA
2ND ROW:  MARY OLSON, ?, ?, ?, CELIA JURVA, L. KILPELA (?), OLGA LAAKSO
CAN ANYBODY HELP?  CLICK ON PIC TO ENLARGE
EMAIL ME IF YOU CAN NAME MORE

THIS IS FOR THE HEIKKINEN BOYS IN NO.DAKOTA
THEIR MA, BEV HEIKKINEN, BAKING IN THE ROSETTA CAFE IN CALUMET
GO TAKE A TASTE THERE.  YUM

SON DAVE TOOK THIS PIC ON PORTAGE CANAL WHEN THE ICE WAS AS SMOOTH AS GLASS, TONS OF PEOPLE SKATING.  I DUNNO, THAT SURE LOOKS LIKE JEANETTE KANGAS GETTING READY TO THROW A PUCK!

GRANDDAUGHTER JOYCE HELMINEN TICKLING THE IVORIES AT MY BRO AND SIS IN LAW, JERRY AND JULIE KANGAS

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MY GRANDPARENTS (MY FATHER'S PARENTS) KANGAS'S

ENGAGED...ANNIKKA TAIVALKOSKI AND TOM RUOHONEN
WEDDING APRIL 25

ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO, LADIES WORKING IN THE KITCHEN AT CHURCH:
SIIRI GRANROTH, MY MOM HILJA KANGAS, BARARA GRANROTH,  MARTHA ANDERSON, EDIE ISAACSON, MAE WESTOLA, HULDA KAUPPILA, ELIZABETH KOSKELA

OUT TO EAT AND THEN TO DAVE AND ANN'S FOR COFFEE AND BD CAKE...SHE ALWAYS MAKES ME A SPECIAL YUMMY CAKE FOR MY BD.  LOVE IT AND LOVE HER!
UNCLE WES, PAUL, LIZZIE, ME, MADELYN, PETER TOROLA, LENNIE, DAVE

NEW YEAR'S EVE AT MY APT...IN THE SITTING ROOM.  WE HAD GOODIES TO EAT AND SANG SONGS.  THEN WE PLAYED GAMES...HERE'S BRUCE, BRIAN AND MARGIE HELMINEN, PLAYING ROOK OR OLD MAID OR ?

WE TAUGHT DOUG EDWARDS AND DON DAAVETTILA TO PLAY DOMINOES.
DOUG IS DOING MY TURN WHEN I'M BUSY

NEW YEARS AT PARK AVE...WE DIDNT EVEN STAY UP TILL MIDNIGHT, MUST BE GETTING OLD.  FRONT, ETHEL ESKOLA, MID: JUDY ROEPKE, CAROL JURMU, VERNA DAAVETTILA
BACK, DON D., BRUCE H., DOUG E., BRIAN, MARGIE...MARIANNE AND ARNIE TOO, BUT THEY WENT HOME EARLIER.

DAVID AND ANN'S  YARD AFTER A STORM....IT WAS LIKE A FAIRYLAND!

SOUTH PADRE BUNCH THIS YEAR..CLIFF & FLO, SHIRLEY & DAVE, JOYCE AND GARY, MARCY AND VINCENT, GRACE AND BOB, DEB AND RON, LINDA PELLI, VISITOR,  BILL & NANCY, RAY KASTAMO

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DAN SAARI AND BECKY KANGAS ARE ENGAGED, WEDDING AUG. 15

ERIC KIILUNEN'S LADIES ON THANKSGIVING DAY 2014
JANINE AND THE GIRLS

AND THE GRANDPARENTS OF ALL THE GIRLS...ELAINE AND MATT KIILUNEN

MARGIE AND I, IN THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW...BUNDLED UP WITH ZERO TEMPS

CADE AND NINA TOROLA ON THE LAST TRIP HOME...HOW I MISS THEM!!!
THEY LIVE IN NO. DAKOTA NOW

WEDDING OF JENNY HELMINEN AND TRAVIS KANGAS AT THE KANGAS HOME

PARENTS MITCH AND TINA HELMINEN WITH JENNY AND TRAVIS

PARENTS AARON (EDNEY) AND BETSY KANGAS WITH JENNY AND TRAVIS
(LOTS OF EXCITEMENT GOING ON IN THE KANGAS HOUSE, WEDDING AND NEW ENGAGEMENT)


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CALVIN HELMINEN IN THE SNOWY FRONT YARD OF THEIR HOME

GLEN AND DIANA OJA

YLVA AND ERLING JOHANSSON, SWEDEN
I THINK THEY ARE SINGING

ESTHER AND LEO'S WEDDING PICTURE

NINA TOROLA, DARLENE HELMINEN, ME, PAM TOROLA, PAUL TOROLA
MY SENIORS AND OUR OWN SPECIAL DINNER

HERE'S AN OLDIE:  NONIE PIETI, FANNY FRANTTI, RUTH HILLSTROM, ??, MARTHA STUROS AND EVA WANHALA AT THE JARVE CAMP IN BOOTJACK

RICHIE AND KATY PENNALA

20 X 22 "STORY TIME"...COLORED PENCIL
UNFRAMED.....$50

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IF ANYONE HAS ANYMORE MEMORIES OF PETE, PLEASE PUT THEM ON HIS MEMORY COLUMN OR E-MAIL THEM TO ME.  I AM MAKING A BOOK, AND THEY WILL BE INCLUDED.  THEY ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED BY ME AND MY FAMILY.  THANKS A BUNCH. torolaea@gmail.com

I AM ON MY WAY TO NICARAGUA TILL MARCH 18, I WILL BE WITH DARLENE AND EVELYN HELMINEN. DARLENE IS TEACHING ENGLISH TO A FAMILY, SO EV AND I ARE GOING TO VISIT. I WILL BE COMING HOME WITH DARLENE, WHO WILL BE DONE THERE. IT'S GONNA BE WARM THERE, HEH, HEH!

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FIRST TEAM OFF AT THE COPPERDOG RACE...HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, DOGS HOWLING AND BARKING, RARING TO GO, A DRONE OVERHEAD TAKING VIDEOS, PEOPLE CHEERING!!  SURE GETS YOU WARMED UP ON SUCH A COLD NIGHT!

SCENE JUST BEFORE ANOTHER TEAM TAKES OFF

THREE ESKIMOS, NO DOUBT!  LINDA KANGAS, DAUGHTER ALLI, AND I

JORDAN ANDERSON AND GF MALLORY TOROLA


SARA, MARI AND LEO HELMINEN

ROGER, ANNASTIINA AND LORETTA HELMINEN

FOUR GENERATIONS:  ROGER, ANNASTIINA, MARGIE AND I 

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to me
Approx. 10 acre parcel for sale. Near the Hancock Canal, New Septic and large drain field put in in 14', Well with tons of delicious water, New concrete slab over your very own private bridge, 30 dump trucks of fill on site for the driveway + More. Very nice building site for anyone who wants to have a very nice private spot for a home. Unrestricted Army Corps easement between property and the beautiful canal which gives you hay field taxes for near waterfront access. Deer, turkeys, pheasants, and more. 2.5 miles south of McLain Park along M-203 on the lake side. 200 feet south of Lily Pond Boat Launch. We are selling because we found our dream home on the big lake. Email andtorola@yahoo.com for details.

JUST GOT BACK FROM NICARAGUA, GETTING TRIP READY TO POST...IN A FEW DAYS

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DWIGHT AND ALINA HELMINEN, MARRIED IN FEB., 2015

PARENTS OF ALINA, KATIE AND KEVIN JOHNSON

PARENTS OF DWIGHT, EVA AND CARL HELMINEN

MIKKO HALONEN AND BABY JESSE

ROGER AND SUSIE PENNALA AND FAMILY


FAMILIAR SIGHT IN CALUMET...THE COLLUSEUM LIT UP AT NIGHT

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