Miscellaneous ramblings of an Irish American
Brought the boys to Roll on America today. GMan went new world in blades and JMan Razored it up.
I hung out and listened to everything from the Birdie song to 200 BPM Manray style front room techno! Except here I’m wearing glasses and hearing aids and I’m watching my kids, where as in Manray almost 25 years ago I was the kid. There’s irony in that one.
In any event a fun time was had by all now and them.
New England snow is good for a few things.
1. Snowball fights
2. Making snowmen
3. Making your local mountain into a giant Slushy!
4. Practicing spinning (on your board)
We decided to lay low today and play with the snow rather that on it. GMan and I practiced spinning in place while on our boards. I managed several clean 180’s with a little effort, either rotating on my back foot or jumping and spinning mid air.
Kutos to anyone who can do 5 in a row without falling down or getting a heart attack. Trust me….it’s work. Given I never tried before I was very happy with my results.
GMan on the other hand landed a few 240’s without bailing out, both spinning and in mid air. I’m not going to do the age/weight difference ratio between us but needless to say its a lot.
After we sufficiently wore ourselves out it was time to head to the front yard for some #1 & 2. A couple a minutes of mayhem later we decided to move onto #2. The boys started rolling up some giant snowballs and I started building things. With my architectural degree one might think that a interesting form or geometric space might appear but I stuck with the theme of the day “fun” and we produced the following elements.
Shredder Boy.
Piglet & Whinny Merge
Sitting Lama
Spotted in Nashua NH
View from our bedroom this am.
How do you put a new twist on a old game? Simple, turn out the overheads, turn on the blue lights and add a little neon paint.
GMan getting ready for a strike
Me and my better 1/2
JMan
We visited the Suited for Space exhibit at the American Textile History Museum yesterday. Here’s a link.
The kids had a great time running around and looking at everything and JMan was really impressed with the airplane on the second floor.
We also tried on a space suit! It took hours to get into it…..just kidding, it was one of those stand behind ones!
GMan goes orbital.
I wonder if these gloves would be good for snowboarding!
Luke I’m really your aunt! Hello, any one home. Look real hard and you’ll see Jess.
GMan and JMan trying to life a 250lb bale of cotton.
JMan ringing the work bell. It was used to call and dismiss mill worker.
Before we left we all made paper rockets.
JMan at the Launch Pad.
JMan blasts off and GMan gets ready.
After a few minutes of shooting at the real targets (photos of planets) all of us decided that blasting each other was more fun. So for 20 minutes we all ran around and blew off some steam! I’m sure they were happy to see us leave as the collateral head count was increasing by the minute!
JMan and Meena from The Purple Room at GCS visit Johnson’s!
Thanks to Brad……
Snapped this on in a parking lot in NJ
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