Van Loo Ventures: Some Good Things

A few photos and stories of moments of Joy

While at Holden in December I took an afternoon and threw a few mugs on the pottery wheel. But as our time was short I had to leave them and hope that somebody would glaze them and that they would eventually find their way to me. Becky took them under her wing and glazed them with glazes made by the school kids from local Holden materials. She then passed them off to Kari, who just visited us, and ensured their safe passage to the land of great coffee, that requires great mugs.

Beverage bearers from fabulous friends

Yesterday while grocery shopping we realized we needed an Orange squeezer. I am not sure why it took 6 months to get a simple $4 tool to help us take advantage of the abundant fresh oranges, but the results have been refreshing.

Overdue Orange Juice

Volcan Totumo, a mud volcano, amazing.

Tara, loving it?

Hands

and feet.

Loving it!

Barranquilla is not known as a tourist city. But it is known for its Carnival, a UNESCO World Heritage Event. We went to the parades on Saturday and Sunday. I entertained myself by taking some photos during the parades (1,500 give or take) a few of which follow. Both days we left after 3-4 hours, about 1/2 way through the parades.