the Vrummel
rummel: A pit filled with rubble into which rain or wastewater drains. In German, it can mean commotion or ballyhoo, often used to describe a lot of fuss or excitement.
We had an old two room house in our back yard behind the apple tree that Truman used to climb. It was the original house on the property. One half had a semi-ornate hanging cupboard that was opposite to the door. There was all kinds of junk in that room piled up in heaps. The other half of the small house was probably a sauna/wash house. It was before water was being pumped.
Shortly after we moved into the tan house on Beck’s Road in Maple, Wi; our neighbor, Larry Luostari came by. He walked over to the old house and said, “It’ s the Vrummel Vroomy!” Larry’s family had settled in the area along with many other Finnish settlers two generations back. I thought Vrummel Vroomy must be some kind of Finnish expression. Maybe it is? The closest I could find was rummel. It was a house filled with rubble that was a ballyhoo.
In the second week of December, I went to visit my daughter, Leia and her partner, Adam. Adam is an animator. He draws things just about all the time. Adam started drawing a man with an elephant nose. I added a tangle to make a coat, Then Adam was inspired to finish off the character.
How are the picture of the Vrummel and the Vrummel Vroomy connected? Just by words.