Bjorn's Balloons and Magic

01/11/2024

I used to be a very active fighter in the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism). My persona was Norse Irish. and, once I met Morgan/Sally, I was dressed appropriately Norse. People who know me from my Days as Jarl Bjorn Karlsson and my current role as the icon of the season sent me this picture capturing my somewhat schizoid personality

08/10/2024

doing what we do at the festivale this past weekend

18/08/2024

Turns out families have been taking group pictures with us (Me and the lobster) for five years!

06/08/2024

Having fun at the Ninigret Sea Food Festival. This is a prior year's picture that I just found in a local magazine. I need picture from this year. I am always inside the lobster so I can't take pictures. This year was painful from a maintenance stand point The temperature fluctuations required several hours of effort each morning, I can't complain. This is one of my favorite events and I now have families who pose withe the lobster each year! Some families proudly inform me that they have five years of Lobster photos!

14/06/2024

Another view of that weave and claw combination. I worked for a VP of engineering years ago and he said "At some point you shoot the engineers and ship product" I have no one controlling me so every year is a new release

14/06/2024

Planning this year's wearable Lobster for the Ninigret Seafood Festival. I am experimenting with using a chain weave for the arms of the large claws,. I made the chain several weeks ago to test how long it would last. Looks good. Now I add a 648 for the claws to test how well it handles the weight. Forgive garish colors since this is a prototype I am just grabbing available balloons

27/12/2023

This is a "missing Ernie" post. I was working round my taxes with YouTube in the background.
YouTube started playing songs from the Viet Nam era while showing pictures of troops in the boonies. I i looked up and saw that troop had been allowed to walk on the heels of the guy in front of them (ideal for someone to ambush them. I reached for my phone saying that Ernie had to see this one. Sally called out: "He won't answer. He has left us for a while. " Aw crap!" I am still adapting

27/12/2023

Yes my beard has been tested many times

27/12/2023

I see people at their best for the time window from Thanksgiving until Christmas.

30/08/2023

22/08/2023

This was the lobster built for the Ninigret Seafood festival this year.We didn't notice that the Portapotties were sharing the screen. Great event . Some families were telling me that they had posed with the lobster every year for the past 3 or 4.

18/07/2023

I looked at this and saw Ernie. Sally looked at it and said: "Nice try! It is us!"

24/11/2022

Love to learn Canva. What is the best learning vehicle

23/11/2022

Yesterday, Sally and I met the newest granddaughter, Livy Marie Dwyer. She is doing well. Kip and Kaila are hoping for more sleep. Livy is Sally's first granddaughter by blood and Livy will receive the benefit of grandmother training given by our west coast contingent as well as our East coast

26/06/2022

01/11/2021

Thought I posted these already. FB frequently defeats me. In any case, these were worn to a Halloween party on Saturday. They were well received.

18/10/2021

Here is the head of a Gorilla. I am using Buster Balloon Caldwell's design as shown on the DVD Big-Bad. I will build the rest of the beast later. I just wanted to show progress before anything went terribly awry. Buster's design is work leading to a great result. On a related topic has anyone built a zoo of the large balloon an8imal designs that we have available?

14/09/2021

We did the lobster again for Ninigret Park Seafood Festival this year. Lots of group photos were taken of families and my lobster