At the Stone Arch Bridge Festival this weekend these clear candles by Lake Escape Candle Co caught my eye. I hadn’t seen anything like it. They are made with a gel wax and they did a brilliant job using that in the design. The next day I lit one and was wowed by the way the light lit it up. Lovely!
Making pizzas on Blackstone pizza oven for first time.
Finished pizza.
Stone Arch Bridge Fest
Today was Mazie’s birthday and one of the things she decided we should do is the Stone Arch Bridge Festival. It had been a very long time since we had been to this and I was really impressed by the size of it. There were so many artists and vendors. It felt to me like it had a particular Minnesota flare to it, with a lot of art that was locally inspired. We spent about four hours but could have spent the entire day there.
Some artists that caught our eye:
- Robots in Rowboats
- A.D. Hogan
- Bill Nagel
- Skape Designs
- James Powell Art
- CrewlArt
- Eric Beauchamp
- H. Ward Miles
Mazie bought a piece of art with her own money — her very first art purchase from H. Ward Mileswww.hwardmiles.com.
I also really liked these very local artist creating location pieces. Maybe I could get one of them to participate in a future year of the 612 POAP Challenge. 😊
We grabbed some switchel from Hobby Farmer on our way heading back home!
Got a recursive selfie while collecting the Grain Belt Sign for the 612 POAP Challenge with the family (see moment).
Favorite quote from Mazie @mthingelstad : “Why is this actually kind of fun?” Love it. 😍
Collected POAP 7371441 for Grain Belt Sign — 612 POAP Challenge.
Collected POAP 7371432 for Hennepin Avenue Bridge — 612 POAP Challenge.
Mazie wanted to do her first triathlon on her birthday and Tammy signed up to do it with her! They were out of the house before 6am in the cold to get ready for the Rocket Racing Women’s Trifecta in Shoreview. They did great — see Tammy and Mazie results. Tammy missed a turn and ran longer than needed.
Tyler and I got the Pokémon cards we sent to TAG Grading back today. My Galarian Perrserker V came back an 8.5. I dig the clear slabs that they use. The grading reports are insanely detailed and driven by algorithm and computer vision. It seems much more accurate than PSA, but also much harder.
I dig the design of this new Coinbase One card. On the waitlist! 4% rewards in Bitcoin — awesome!
I completed the final set of achievement tokens for the 612 POAP Challenge tonight! I also setup a specific 612 POAP Challenge Mailing List. A few folks have collected tokens. I completed the Architecture Aficionado category! Now to spread the word…
It seems we have a fox that has taken up residence under our shed at the lake. 🦊
Collected POAP 7369497 for 612 POAP Challenge - Architecture Aficionado.
Collected POAP 7369494 for 612 POAP Challenge.
Collected POAP 7368654 for Riverside Plaza — 612 POAP Challenge.
Collected POAP 7368652 for Basilica of Saint Mary — 612 POAP Challenge.
Collected POAP 7368641 for Capella Tower — 612 POAP Challenge.
Collected POAP 7368640 for Wells Fargo Center — 612 POAP Challenge.
Collected POAP 7368639 for IDS Tower — 612 POAP Challenge.
Collected POAP 7368638 for Foshay Tower — 612 POAP Challenge.
