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Fungie, the Dingle dolphin
I recently learned that the bottlenose dolphin known as Fungie has disappeared. He was a resident of Dingle Bay, Ireland since 1983 and was a major tourist attraction. He swam alongside the fishing boats to catch a meal or a pat on the head and then began greeting any boat (or even swimmer, brrrrr) that passed by.
We were lucky to see him on our trip to Ireland in 2007. It’s sad to hear he is gone but Dingle is a beautiful place with warm-hearted people and his memory will always live on.
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Happy Caturday New Year!
Marley has been busy hiding and lounging.
Happy New Year!
A good start with a nice snowfall to begin the year. Later, more snow came rolling in before the first sunset of the year.
Sunsets 12_30_21
This will most likely be the last sunset shots for the year due to the Winter storm expected to move in tomorrow. While at my newfound sunset vantage spot, I met Christina McGrady who has been taking a photograph from this location every day at sunset. You can find her work on Instagram at endoftheroadnm.
Paul Namkung
A wonderful craftsman, friend and fellow craft show artist, Paul Namkung passed away on September 15th, 2021 at 82.
I first met Paul in the early 90’s at the New Mexico Arts and Crafts Fair. He made box drums called cajons (Spanish for crate or bin) with beautiful woods and amazing craftsmanship. Their tone was amazing and Paul’s playing made them sing. Over the years, we often found our craft show booths near each other’s and I spent a lot of time playing those drums. It was soooo much fun drumming with him. Paul taught me how to play and produce all sorts of wonderful sound from the drums he made.
A few years after Joan and I stopped doing craft shows, I was finally able to buy my own drum when I visited Paul at the Rio Grande Arts Festival in Albuquerque. I think we spent the afternoon playing a variety of drums before I could decide on the ONE… one of his Big Butt Series drums. And that’s another reason why I loved Paul, his sense of humor. Doing craft shows could be a slog. Hard work setting up and taking down and long hours of waiting for a sale. If he was at a show, Paul made it fun.
I can’t relate all of his stories in one blog post (his partner Chris Spanovich says that half of it is BS… which is even funnier), but there was so much that made us laugh when he was working the crowd. For example… if a group of older ladies passed by, he would ask them to do “the dance”. They would stop and ask, “What dance?” and he answered, “the dance that drives men wild”! They would laugh and that was his gift. He brought the joy of music and conversation to the craft shows he did and that spread to all those of us who met him.
I will always make it a point to play with my Big Butt.
In honor of Paul.
Christmas clouds, sunset and SNOW!
We had our first real snow for the season; a much needed White Christmas up in the mountains after it rained here at home all day on Christmas Eve. The Sangres were shrouded in clouds on Christmas Day and then a nice sunset illuminated the resulting snow this evening.
