Setting Priorities

First of all, I have to apologize that the Gitche Gumee Museum will not be open this weekend.  Last night I received a phone call that prompted me to do something I never before have done.  My son called and said that there were some minor issues with my pregnant daughter-in-law and they were going to try to induce labor.  I immediately kicked things into gear and was up the hill within 45 minutes.  I left Grand Marais around 8:30 pm and for the first time in my life -- drove all night arriving at the hospital around 3:30 in the morning.  Things did not go well with the inducing, according to the doctors.  When I was less than 10 miles from the hospital, Jonathan called and said they were wheeling Jessica in for a C-section.

Keenen Patrick Brzys was born at 3:54 a.m.  I didn't get a chance to see my grandson for an hour or so after that.  Since he is early, he only weighs 5 pounds 3 ounces and is over 19 inches long.  Jess is a bit nautious and very tired, but is doing well.

Although I need to get some sleep, I just had to post a few pictures. 

First, a few pictures I took along US2....

 

 

 

Jonathan was holding Keenen when I walked into the room.

 

 

My turn....

 

 

The baby's temperature was a little bit low, so the nurse had me place him under the heat light.  Jonathan is great at bonding. 

 

 

Jess was still recovering and was not yet up to nursing, so the hospital staff had Jonathan feed Keenen.  First bottle....

 

 Welcome to the world, Keenen.

 

MUSEUM SCHEDULE FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

Before I left Grand Marais, I checked with a few people to see if they could work the museum this weekend while I am down state.  No one can Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.  There is a chance that Jill will be back from her Memorial Day Weekend travels in time to work Monday from 2-5pm.  I'll be back at the museum on Tuesday.

 

Lake Superior Shoreline Hike -- Post 1

After arriving home from the Marquette show, I re-joined my friends, Jamey and Lois, to head out on an adventure.  Since the snow had melted, we were able to four wheel it into a remote beach east of Grand Marais. 

We decided to hike east up on the bluff. 

Some of the lichen mounds were big and fluffy...

Wintergreen....

We came across an area wherein a wind sheer had previously broken the tops off a whole group of trees...

Unusual shelf fungi...

The waves were 2-4 feet and rolling in...

Someone built this log holder.  There were three diagonal logs notched and connected to horizontal support logs.  Cut logs were loosely piled on top.

Lots of driftwood....

Scenes from the forest...

We found some snow -- and had a snow ball fight!

Then we headed down to the beach...

 

Continued tomorrow...

Marquette Superior Dome Art Show

I am still playing catch up with photos.  The weekend before last I was in Marquette for the Mother's Day art show.  I had returned from my trip a few days before and frantically made several agate windows.  This show is not one of the biggest, but I enjoy Marquette because I also get to spend time with my friends, Helen and Jim.  Thanks to them for another wonderful time.

Here are a few pictures I took while in the dome.

First -- the inside of the wooden dome...

Some of the other booths....

The booth below is my neighbor's exhibit.  We both attend several of the same shows.

Photos of my booth and some of my new mineral art windows as well as some agates I had for sale....

Wisconsin Agate Collection Crawl -- Post 3

I still have a lot of photos to catch up with regarding blog postings.  Before the Hawaii trip, I had started posting photos of agate collections I took while in Wisconsin.  I'll post the rest of those photos today.

 First, a large slab of plume agate from (if I remember correctly) -- Oregon.

Eye agates...

The lid to an agate box....

 

The agate slab below is one of the most complex I have ever seen.

 

 Moss agate...

Ocean Jasper....

 

Weird botryoidal formation....

 

Lake Superior agates....

Ocean Jasper...

 

Another jasper...

 

 Australian print rock...

Beautiful fortification agate.  I believe it is Laguna....

An opalized specimen from Australia...

I believe the specimen below is called tire track jasper...

Another Australian opal...

Australian Agate Creek agates....

One of the many rock displays / collections at one of our stops....