true love

 

Is the affection Pedro the donkey shows really for Don or for that sack of feed behind him?  Poor Pedro's fence has a "do not feed" sign otherwise everyone would get donkey kisses.

 

 

Gold King Mine and Ghost Town

Jerome, Arizona

10.12.2012

http://www.sedona-verdevalley.com/jerome/goldkingminejerome.html

glass pumpkins - not glass slippers

 

Tracy Weisel, glassblower in Jerome Arizona, demonstrates his skills.  Topical subject for October was a glass pumpkin.  Formerly from Manhattan, he said he'd spent decades on his art.

 

Jerome, Arizona

10.12.2012

coffin maker

 

Explorations along highways and byways sometimes bring strange encounters.  At the end of a dirt road a mile out of Jerome is the Gold King Mine Ghost Ranch.  The site is a 30-year accumulations of rusted mining equipment, old trucks and remnants of a mining town, interspersed with chickens, goats and Pedro the begging donkey.  As we left, we met this fellow and asked what he was building.  The answer?  Coffins.  Since it was his day off, he thought he could make some cash off coffins.  We had noticed a model upon entering the ghost town, but thought it part of the Western decor. With Halloween approaching he thought he'd get about $150 per coffin.  He also noted that the rough-pine boxes could also be used as coffee tables.

 

Gold King Mine Ghost Town

Jerome, Arizona

www.goldkingmineghosttown.com