Moon Marble Factory - May 25, 2010

Our neighbor Gail and Sigrid made a visit to the Moon Marble Company (see the web address partially blocked but easy to complete if you are curious). Sigrid has always been fascinated with marbles.........and so am I. Sigrid loves the beauty..........I am a former marble shooter extraordinaire. Unfortunately, I didn't make the trip.

The Marble Master at work.

As you can see, I put the same photo in twice. I am out of practice on blogspot posting. Call me lazy but it is too much trouble to start over or try to edit HTML so ignore this second photo.

Beautiful results.

Another creative adventure in the books.

Denver Trip - Last Post

We went home the day after the party. The trip was easy and uneventful. We have been between KC and Denver on I-70 so many times that there isn't anything new to see or photograph.

A reminder as you look at the posts. the posts are in reverse order. The newest is on top so if you want to see the posts in chronological order, you have to go back the the first one time wise. You can use the index on the right side of the screen to find the beginning. You might have to click on a month (like May) to expand the list to show the posts.

Denver Trip - Day 5 - Post Graduation Party

Jarek's graduation was on Friday night, May 21, 2010. Cindy and Derick hosted a party the next afternoon at their home in Brighton for friends and family. You have already met some of the family in a previous post. I will not try to mention the names of everyone in the photos. There were about 30 people at the party.

Doug Carlson (Dale & John's cousin) appears to be giving Jarek some wise advice.

There was no shortage of food for sure. Denver style BBQ beef and pork were the main items.

Chaz and his big smile.

Derick's brother is a mortgage banker.

The old guys hanging out (John, Dale, and Doug).

Chaz getting ready for his ball game.

The main man of the day.

Best of luck to Jarek as he pursues his future.

Denver Trip - Day 5 - Sheep Shearing

On our way to a post graduation party for Jarek, we passed by farmers who were shearing their sheep's winter wool. Sigrid was pretty excited about seeing this so we turned the car around and went back for a look. Sigrid isn't bashful about asking questions and loves new experiences. Fortunately, the farmers were very receptive to the questions and the photos. The sheep in the photo below are awaiting their turn. It was pretty warm so they have to be hot with all that wool.

Now that's better.......probably almost chilly.

Collected wool. They were shearing two different kinds of sheep. Each has wool with unique characteristics. Sigrid got a sample of both kinds and you could feel the difference.

Pleeeeease be careful.

Hard work as you will see in the video.

Click on the Play button to start the video. As you will see, the sheep don't seem to mind the shearing. The sheep being sheared belongs to the little girl in the video.

Now, off to Jarek's party.