...but before Laverne, there was Darwin...
On the way from a glorious 4 mile morning run in beautiful Litchfield with Sheila, Erin and I navigated our way through the sleepy small town of Darwin.
Home of the late Francis A. Johnson and his 10,400 pound Ball of Twine...
After a few ill attempts at taking a few decent pictures of this 12 foot in diameter ball without the heavy glare...
..a nice gentleman came out of the museum and asked if we would like to get a closer look.
YES! -Duh. He unlocked the door.
In fact, he encouraged us to "go ahead, try and knock her over!" & "go crazy!"
This stopped Erin from searching for the "smell holes" her fancy sister told us to look for.
Really... it just smelled like twine.
The old man was happy to tell Weird Al Yankovic tales. Al had always made time to stop by whenever he was near, but hasn't come by much since Frances died . Admittedly so, "Weird Al doesn't so much play my kind of music. He invited us to sit front row at his concert. That was pretty neat. Ya betcha, he sure puts on a good show and has LOTS of costume changes you girls would like."
To touch and smell the same raw twine ball as the great Weird Al is truly a life moment that can never be taken away.
All you need to know about The World's Largest Ball of Twine can learned from watching the video link above. (scroll your mouse over that blank space above)
Enjoy your day.
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