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Thank you, Wolf. Yes, it's taken many years to collect just three. Two corks and one patch.

Akro Friday! 1. Just a brilliant Orange on a translucent bubbly base 5/8" 2. Orange and Blue, there's that thin blue stripe 5/8" 3. A Green Perfection and a harder to find larger size 23/32" 4. This one is very unusual, Orange cork on a Blue transparent base, but the internal structure is what mesmerizes me 21/32" 5. Orange with a little bit of transparent Brown on bubbles 19/32"

Wow, that's such great information John, thank you for sharing, I can almost see it dropping from the punty and forming on the rollers. So in the short time it took to cut it and landing on the rollers it had cooled enough maintain the loop structure that it formed on the rollers? Am I understanding that correctly? That's amazing! I will definitely keep it close, when Felicia sent it to me, she also said that the donuts or Loops were pretty rare -Jess

Ooh, good question. Following this one.

I had another visitor in my backyard this afternoon probably looking for my squirrels. A Red Shouldered Hawk 🤩

You nailed it, thank you Art! It's the only one like it I have, that is a special Special. I do have three Yellow and Green Prize Names, but none like that one above.

Good morning! Akro Friday 1. Oxblood 11/16" * Edit * Pretty certain this one is not Akro after a discussion on it 2. Blueblood with Aventurine 3. Yellow and Blue Popeye 21/32" 4. Yellow and Blue Popeye 5. Superman colors Special 23/32" 6. Yellow and Green on Green Special

Lemon colored Prize Name, 5/8" More of a Lemon Meringue Pie (not an Akro name, just a reference to the color) than a Lemonade

Agree. All good points. And that is my go to as well Ric. For now, my collection is for me and I collect what I like, some of my favorites are far, far from pristine condition. What I love to find now are marbles that look like they were made in the same batch or very near to marbles that I already own, what a treat that is. I guess my reason for being here is to share my Akro photos for the new collectors, I get so much joy in finding the nuances in the color combinations.

The Horsehead Nebula and a look at the night sky. Fire, what is that carboloy piece made for?

Thank you Ric, appreciate it!

A little late for Akro Friday, but here we go: 1. One of my favorite things is to see surface texture of the flow of the glass, but this surface texture seems to always come with annealing fractures. I think I could probably call this a Blood and Bones. 5/8" 2. A Spiral, a very light Blue on a very light Amber base, I found these two probably 12 years apart. 3. These two were not found together either, but they sure look like they were in the same batch. I love the intense color and larger size 3/4" 4. Yellow and Blue corkscrew, the Blue is very thin and just on the surface, making it appear that the base glass is Blue, it is not, the base is clear glass. 19/32" 5. A harder to find baby Blue Snake 6. This one looks nothing like the marbles in photo 3, but also a Red and Blue cork, I like to see the differences between same color Akro marbles. 5/8" I like your idea about explaining Art, I did my best here. Have a great weekend everyone!

I'm sorry about your stitches but happy you have time to share some of these beautiful corks! I love that Orange and White cork, it looks like one of those that has the pink mixed in? 🤩

Wow that's great! I love the new color scheme.

Agree, Contemporary.

Recording off the radio, dedicating songs, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, lace and leather. I was a really sappy 80s kid, but then I loved Def Leppard, Guns N Roses, and Metallica. And when cassette singles came out, I thought that was the coolest thing.

A little late for Akro Friday, but that's how my week went 🤪 1. A one inch and a 9/16" Amber Spiral 2. Blue & Black Special 5/8" 3. Blue and Blue, White, and clear, technically it could be a Popeye, there is some wispy White. 21/32" 4. Green and true Black Special 5/8" 5. Orange, Green, and Cobalt Popeye 5/8"

That is the coolest double ingot I have ever seen! 😲

Thank you! That Blue, I know what you're talking about and I've thought in the past that the blue must be in between color changes in the glass, maybe it is, but why always a dark inky Blue? These four have some variation of it. Fun to consider.

Akro Friday 1. Red, Orange, and Blue Special 5/8" 2. Red and Orange Special 3. Double stream Orange and Yellow on an Amber base 19/32" 4. Orange Spiral 5/8" 5. Orange, Yellow, and Lavender 21/32"

Always happy to see Akros 🤩 Here is a variety of Yellow Onyx for this Friday: 1. 17/32" 2. 19/32" 3. 21/32" 4. 11/16"

That dark Green one, wow!! And two Yellow! And that dark Maroon! Very nice collection, all together like that, amazing.

Oh shoot, I'm sorry Ric, now I can't see them either. I'll share them here again.

Chicken curry with chickpeas, peas, and corn, over rice - Tikka Masala But instead of marinating and grilling the chicken, I put it in the slow cooker and shredded it. I will absolutely do this again.

Thank you, I don't think I have either. There are at least two votes for MK, two for Vitro, and one for Akro. With one down vote for Vitro, MK, and Akro. I'm still not sure what to call them, other than a really cool Orange and Purple patch. At first, I honestly thought possibly Akro for the Purple and Lavender colors and that gorgeous Ornage, but then Vitro for the V pattern and possibly a window, and then Peltier for that weird loop pattern on the top right marble.