William

I remember hearing that name back in the 80's....

There was all kinds of fun stuff today. Seeing that Grenadiers truck brought back memories for sure. My wife Peggy that passed away from brain cancer back in 2018, her father Clarence Remick was a founding member on the drums. She had her father's original snare drum. Now I care for it 👍 I'm seriously considering donating it too the Steam Engine Museum. The big Bass drum is already there..

Hoping to win something tonight!

Couple of shelves of eye candy 😊

These kids were awesome on those drums 👍 20220911_130041.mp4

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The Steam powered Calliope 20220911_132107.mp4

Wrapping up Steam Engine Days here in Mabel, Minnesota...thought I would share some pics from the parade and a few videos also....

There's a few Master examples quite similar at Joe's Marbles....

Must have been schmoozer? It had me for a few minutes until I saw the word pickle....

Back on topic...one of my favorite Glass pieces, A cobalt blue Planter's Peanut jar. In the last pic I'm holding a quarter as an example of it's size. Not a single chip or crack. Something you would have seen back in the 50's and 60's on the drugstore or maltshop counter, etc. Anyone recall seeing these growing up?

Feeling for you folks out that way...some have the heat, some have the drought, some have the fires and/or smoke. Some have all the above. The past week, Luckily, we only got as high as the middle 80's. Now the bottom fell out (somewhat) with highs forecasted in the 60's and 70's for the next week. Steam Engine Days was a total washout yesterday as the rain began at or before sunrise and didn't end until late afternoon. Yep, Fall is in the air for sure. One of the first signs is the cornfields. Some are beginning to brown a little. Slept with some windows open last night and I'm actually sitting in my chair wearing a sweatshirt!

Pretty cool with the embossed oars in the interior of the "hull"...nice piece Brother 👍

Atterbury Glass Co. Pickle Dish....blow up the third picture and you can clearly see the word "pickle" upside down....

Still feeling a Blue based Master for the center marble....

I still too this day think of the school teacher from New Hampshire, the first civilian too have that chance to go into space. January 28th, 2023 will be 37 years. It will always be there, that moment I stopped half way through Marietta (one of many Jacksonville suburbs) too look up.

My Two and only Blue 😭

When it really comes to being totally awestruck, I mean witnessing an event that became one of the worst disasters in history, it was the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. That fateful morning I was getting ready for work, listening to the television. I just lived right up the coast from Cape Canaveral, in Jacksonville, Florida. I was a teenager then, working at a lumberyard. I went out the door, jumped on my 10 speed, and started out (my job was only a 20 minute bike ride away) I stopped about 5 minutes into my ride too look up and too the south, hoping too catch a glimpse of the Challenger shooting up into the morning sky. I saw it alright. I saw the long plume from the exhaust of the booster rockets, following it with my eyes too that little bright point of light which was the shuttle. Seconds after fixed my eyes on it, I saw it come apart, with those trails of smoke going in different directions. I didn't care and peddled as fast as I could back home and ran inside. There it was live on TV. The Challenger had exploded. I just stood there. Needless to say, I didn't go to work, and it took some time for it too sink in that I actually witnessed this horrible event. How in the heck I managed to choose the time I did too look up, I don't know. Sometimes I wish I never would have. Sorry, this isn't eye candy related. Just the discussion of rare occurrences, or whatever one wants to call them, got my mind racing back to that day of days. Apologies for taking things off topic..

Oh boy. EXTREME Sharknado!!!

Nice! I've seen a handful myself, just lucky enough to be on the road with my phone handy. Speaking of rare occurrences, I just thought of one that happened to me when I was a young teenager. Living in Florida, we had a thunderstorm going on in the backyard and sunshine with clear skies in the front. This occurence only lasted seconds, but I remember it clearly as I came out the front door and stood there awestruck!

Looking forward to some close ups 👍

That Windex is showing some green, right? I've only got 2 Windex marbles, both 7/8....both lacking the green from what I can tell. Nice marbles ☝️

I'll look at them a million times, Chuck 👍😊

I'm thinking they could be Master straight across also, but Vitro keeps popping in my head...Master flanked by Vitro's....hmmm...🤔

Thanks all, a wee bit of hesitation will have one requiring opinions 👍