Old bike rider (Obr) has traveled the last 7 or 8 years to a national vintage motorcycle event located in Lexington, Ohio at the Mid-Ohio Race Way. This is a three day event and the Raceway Manager in an interview described it as a unique event. It is full of motocross, observed trials, hare races, opportunities for amatures and professionals to race on small and big cycles and sidecar rigs. In the evenings there are flat track races in Ashland, Ohio at the Ashland County Fairgrounds.
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Then there is the 30 acre flea market of motorcycles, motorcycle parts, motorcycle magazines, t-shirts, and all things motorcycled - you get the picture. Tales to be told, stories to be relived, memories to be shared and made, and fun to be had. The weather this year was cool and breezy and there was plenty of sun. Obr and I spent the first day just viewing all the sites, and we volunteered the third day to sell raffle tickets for a 1959 Triumph Bonneville, and the 50 year special edition of the 2009 Bonneville and you could pick yours up at The Motorcycle Hall of Fame.
The flat track racing was great fun , we took a front row seat and got sprinkled by the water truck as it conditioned the race track (1/2 mile dirt track) , enjoyed the little boys "hiding" behind the banners who jumped out to get a liberal shower by the water truck, and we also got anointed with dirt as the racers flew around the track. I had so much fun, I hope to return with Obr next year. Be sure to check out his site, as I am sure he also has featured Malabar Farm State Park located in Pleasant Valley, Ohio.
Sadly, we were not prepared to purchase much as we had just replaced the transmission in the pickup. But that is another story and Obr took care of it while I spent the day sleeping, hr'd s good man. And he has prepared a moment by moment reflection on his site, see the side bar, click on Oldbikerider and make a visit.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Alabaster and Bunny Memories
I traveled out to Oklahoma and Kansas to visit with family. As I was traveling through Oklahoma, my sis in Tulsa directed me to the Alabaster Caverns http://www.oklahomagolf.com/detail.asp?id=1+5U+920 in western Oklahoma, which happened to be not so out of the way on my ride west to Dodge City, KS, where my folks live. The Alabaster Caverns State Park sells alabaster from Colorado in their gift shop, and they had two pieces when I drove through, so I bought them. And as I traveled northwest to my folks, a new road bed was being opened. Along the site were white stones, that appeared to have quartz in them...but I am a true newbie at this and was unsure what they were. The pickup was empty. I loaded probably six stones weighing a total of 40 to 60 pounds. What could I loose? And they were sparkley, they could be added to the rock garden. Arriving in KS, I borrowed my brother-in-law's rasp and found the stone soft, somewhat waxy, so I took the known alabaster out of the sack in the front seat and tested it too. It also seems waxy, do I have white alabaster? I think so....
While we, Old Bike Rider joined me in western KS after a motorcylce jaunt out to Four Corners and Mesa Verde, were home we looked up a longtime e-mail acquaintance of my husband's and arranged to meet him and his wife at a great Thai Restaurant in Dodge City. The food is great, if you pass through Dodge and you like Thai be sure to stop, they are located on the west side of town, north side of the road, on the main drag. At dinner, I found out the wife was into stone, a retired archaeologist, and dealing with health issues, she is now a jewelry maker. And what a collection of stones she has....they were so lovely I couldn't leave without purchasing a small token for myself.
But back to bunnies, my folks provide water for the birds, the chickens from across the street come to water, as well as ring necked doves, robins, blue jays, tiny browns that are not sparrows, and many others...but bunnies come too! I did get a picture of a bunny...but that got us to talking about the bunny family we used to have...now I am sure I will get this partly wrong and partly right but when we were kids and lived on Beeson Rd., someone gave us bunnies. Now, George - the sis who now lives in Tulsa- and named so by an "uncle" - named our bunnies after the Farkel Family (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farkel_Family), but I am pretty sure for us they were the Hirkamur family, Fanny, Frankie, Fritz, Fudgy, and Ferdie. It happens they were all girl bunnies, and no one is for sure what happened to them....one wonders- could a new stone family grouping live in Virginia?
Today finds me on the east side of KC, Mo. as the trusty pick up gets some clutch work done...
and then hopefully on tomorrow to the Vintage Motorcycle days in Mid-Ohio..will I see you there? http://www.amadirectlink.com/vmd/2008/
While we, Old Bike Rider joined me in western KS after a motorcylce jaunt out to Four Corners and Mesa Verde, were home we looked up a longtime e-mail acquaintance of my husband's and arranged to meet him and his wife at a great Thai Restaurant in Dodge City. The food is great, if you pass through Dodge and you like Thai be sure to stop, they are located on the west side of town, north side of the road, on the main drag. At dinner, I found out the wife was into stone, a retired archaeologist, and dealing with health issues, she is now a jewelry maker. And what a collection of stones she has....they were so lovely I couldn't leave without purchasing a small token for myself.
But back to bunnies, my folks provide water for the birds, the chickens from across the street come to water, as well as ring necked doves, robins, blue jays, tiny browns that are not sparrows, and many others...but bunnies come too! I did get a picture of a bunny...but that got us to talking about the bunny family we used to have...now I am sure I will get this partly wrong and partly right but when we were kids and lived on Beeson Rd., someone gave us bunnies. Now, George - the sis who now lives in Tulsa- and named so by an "uncle" - named our bunnies after the Farkel Family (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farkel_Family), but I am pretty sure for us they were the Hirkamur family, Fanny, Frankie, Fritz, Fudgy, and Ferdie. It happens they were all girl bunnies, and no one is for sure what happened to them....one wonders- could a new stone family grouping live in Virginia?
Today finds me on the east side of KC, Mo. as the trusty pick up gets some clutch work done...
and then hopefully on tomorrow to the Vintage Motorcycle days in Mid-Ohio..will I see you there? http://www.amadirectlink.com/vmd/2008/
Thursday, July 10, 2008
purchasing stone
As a newbie in the stone carving world, I was in hopes of buying some stone. I have about 8 things that I would like to carve. Some are from a trip this spring to the Atlanta Aquarium, and some are from ideas spurred from pictures in newspapers and magazines. I was in hopes of visiting 2Sculpt later this summer in Lawrence, Ks. but the owner will be away carving in New Mexico when we travel through. So I was searching on line and came up with a Craig's list ad of a sculptor who was retiring from carving after a shoulder injury. Boy did I score. I purchased soap stone in gray, pink, green and brown, and some sandstone! But I am still looking for that extra big stone that will provide an opportunity to do my first extra big piece as an abstract, which I hope some day will sit in the oval drive, for the front drive. Wishing...planning...hoping...and still working on Bun-Bun for my Bunny Boy.
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