"Vision of Peace" Folsom City Host Lions Club Art Contest

the top winners of "Vision of Peace" contest to the local young artists. Ten paints were chosen with a one top winner. The students and their family were there to accept the awards and show off their art. It was really great to see so many families supporting their children's growth in the arts. The school's Principle and leading teacher of the contest were also there to show of their students.


On 1 Dec 10, the regular meeting of the Folsom City Host Lions Club, presented to the top winners of "Vision of Peace" contest to the local young artists. Ten paints were chosen with a one top winner. The students and their family were there to accept the awards and show off their art. It was really great to see so many families supporting their children's growth in the arts. The school's Principle and leading teacher of the contest were also there to show of their students.
 
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California International Marathon-05Dec10

Got up the early on Sunday morning to meet up with the Folsom City Host Lions Club to man roadblocks for the 28th California International Marathon (http://www.runcim.org/), which ran from Folsom Lake to Sacramento. There were 8000 runners and they all look they were having a fun time.

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Blue Star Mom Care Package Stuffing

The local chapter of the Blue Star Mom(http://www.sacramentobluestarmoms.org/) held their third care packaging event this year. The are mothers who have children serving in the US Military.


At this event volunteers fill shipping boxes full of donated goods, which are to be sent to the Servicemen and Servicewomen stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

A well run and organized event where I met many interesting people telling me tales of how their childeren are serving this nation. God Bless Them all.
 
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Four Bridges Half Marathon 31Oct10

The 10th Annual Lake Natoma Four Bridges Half Marathon(http://fourbridgeshalf.org/ ) took place on Halloween 31 Oct 10 in Folsom. The race covers the four bridges which cross over Lake Natoma.


The race started at Rodeo Park near City Hall/Civic center. There were many racers ready to go in the early Sunday morning, some in customes. Very funny to see. Three different groups which headed out. I walked to the Folsom Truss Bridge, which is about 1/2 mile from the end of the race waiting to take cheer on the runners as the approach the finish.

The day was beautiful and pleasant with the tranquil Natomoa River as a nice backdrop to the race. At this final leg of the race, it was actually all up hill, so one can see the straining of the runners as they near the finish.

Great time and wonderful to see such determine folks of all kinds going for it.
 
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Manahattan, 27 Nov 2010

Traveled into Manahattan to take a look at both Time Square and Rockefeller Center. There were many, many people more then I remember. Weather was nice, with much fun and merriment. Stopped by many of the landmarks and stores in that area. Had a great time.

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Forest Hills, Nov 10

Pictures of my families new neighborhood in Forest Hills New York City. Lovely place.

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Balloon Inflation; 24 Nov 10

Went into Manhattan from Forest Hills taking the subway to 81st and Central Park West, just outside the Musueum of Natural History. Arount the to streets the balloons for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade were being inflated for the parade the next day.


Lots of people their with children of all ages. The police had a fenced in area going around the very long blocks and we were allowed only to travel in one direction. Rather congested but well worth doing it once.
 
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2nd Annual "Night of 1,000 Pumpkins" along the Street of Old Folsom in Folsom, California. The first night(29Oct10), many pumpkins set along the street and stores, with movies for the kids on the big screen and treats. On the next day(30 Oct 10), all the stores open up for "Trick or Treaters" handing out candy. It was showering on this day which might be the reason not as many people were there early but everyone was having a swell time.

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Lockdown Brew Party October 30, 2010

There was a Halloween party at the Lockdown Brewery Distribution warehouse in Rancho Cordova about 10 minutes west of Folsom. Party was part fun part charity event. Lots of folks dressed up and all everyone having fun.

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Renissance Fair in Folsom, 16Oct10

Folsom hosted the Renaissance Fair(http://www.folsomfaire.com//) at the Folsom Park. There were many people there dressed in Elizabethan area costume. There were many characters playing around everywhere. There was jousting and processions and lots of merchants. Had a great time at my first Renaissance fair.

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Lodi School Street Stroll 15Oct10

This Friday, was the annual town of Lodi's(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodi,_California) School Street Stroll in the downtown area, which is about 1 hour south of Folsom. There were 25 local wineries pour from within 25 unique Downtown boutiques. Merchants served hors d’oeuvres and offer special sales and wineries bring out their best.


Some of the wine was being served in stores ranging from beauty salons, Tuxedo sales, furniture and book stores. Had great fun with many fun people all around.
 

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Tree Planting October 24, 2010

Folsom Park and Recreation put together an event for "Make a Difference Day" to plant trees along the East Bidwell Street.


Volunteers gathered at the Home Depot on Bidwell Street, were we signed in, got a bright yellow t-shirt and headed to the spots where the planting was occuring.

The function was a bit disorganized at first, with most of the trees and some equipment arriving late and no leads at the work sites.

Reading the written instructions on how to plant the trees, we then began to plant the many trees. Didn't get to finish but it was lots of fun working with the folks I met.

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Lions Club "White Cane Day"; 02 Oct 10

The Folsom Host Lions Clubs held their annual fund raising event called "White Cane Day". This event raises money for children of Folsom who need medical work on their eyes but can't afford it. All the money raised stays in the Folsom. They set up a table in front of the Folsom Raley's supermarket and ask for donation. This was my first full charity event with the Lions Club and had a wonderful time. Especially talking with the long standing members on growth of the city of Folsom. Looking forward to more.


Also just near by was a set of vintage cars getting ready for a show. Nice stuff.

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California Capital Airshow 11 Sept 10

On Saturday Sept 11, went to the California Capital Air Show in Rancho Cordova, California about 20 minutes from Folsom. There were many planes from all era. Including military planes, acrobat planes, rocket car, cargo planes, and many more flying things.


My biggest thrill was seeing 4 of the 7 remaining flying World War II P-38 flying at the show. This is my favorite airplane.

The other wonderful thins was seeing the F-22 Raptor doing amazing feats of flying. An incredible machine.

At night, there was a Dinner Gala for charity which ended a wonderful Saturday.

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"Graffitti Nightt" car show sponsered by the Cappuccino Cruiser Classic Car Club in Old Town Folsom on historic Sutter Street. Many cars from the pre-1970 cars which were made up and shown on the street. Lots of people, music, food and vendors. Nice day for a fair. Actors Bo Hopkins and Candy Clark of the movie "American Graffitti" talking to folks and signing autographs, they were sweet.


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Heavenly MountainGondola Ride 20Aug10

Traveled 85 miles east of Folsom on Highway 50 to South Lake Tahoe where we stopped at the ski resort of Heavenly Village to take a Gondola ride to the top of Mount Heavenly. First top was the "Deck" where there is a large platform to view the entire south lake, then to "Adventure Peak" where games for kids, restaurant and bar is located. Final stop require the use of a ski-lift to the summit where we hiked the rest of the way to the top of the mountain at 10,040 feet elevation. Great day, with great weather and great view of Lake Tahoe, Desolation Wilderness, Nevada's Carson Valley. We then walked around Heavenly Village, crossed into the State of Nevada into the casinos to look around. Nice area, will have to visit again.




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Headed to the Amador Flower Farm which is east of Folsom about 30 miles in the very small town of Plymouth in the Amador Valley. It was kind of hard to find as I had to travel on some roads I was not familiar with but finally got to the sign which showed me the way into the farm. The Flower Farm is 14 acres with four acres of award winning Demonstration Gardens designed to showcase daylilies. Hundreds of flowers and plants for sale and spread out in lovely grounds. I took a walk around the grounds there were many kinds of flowers and plants which were availble to purchase. The growing grounds are home to our "mother" plants which the farm use to send to their catalog customers.

  Afterwards I headed to some vineyards in the Amador Valley to taste their product. I was a little disappointed with the wines here but stopped by Serrafina on the way back, one of my favorite vineyards.I stopped by Deaver Vineyards and Villa Toscano which had nice Zinfandels and Syrahs but nothing outstanding to me. 

   I stopped by my favorite vineyard at Sera Fina Cellars at the west side of Amador Valley. I had some wine and the owner gave me a cigar he is considering selling at the vineyard. Had a good time catching up with them and had a great day exploring.


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A glass of wine, a cigar and a great view at Sera Fina Cellars.

Ballons On the way to Healdsburg

On Wednesday headed to Healdsburg, California about 2 hours west of Folsom, for a working meeting at General Dynamics. On the way spotted about 8 ballons floating in the early morning sky over the famed wine region of Napa Valley.
  I enjoyed the way these ballons just hung there in space against the morning sky.

Ballons in the distance rising over the wine region of Napa Valley

Lots of vineyards around the Healdsburg Area

Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, 01Aug2010

 During my trip to San Jose for the weekend I decided to stop by the Winchester Mystery House which is only a couple of miles from the location of my former townhouse.The California mansion was under construction continuously for 38 years, and is reported to be haunted. It once was the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of gun magnate William Wirt Winchester of Winchester Rifle fame. According to popular belief, Sara Winchester thought the house was haunted by the ghosts of individuals killed by Winchester rifles, and that only continuous construction would appease them. Sara oversaw and planned the day-to-day guidance, its "from-the-ground-up" construction proceeded around-the-clock, without interruption, from 1884 until her death on September 5, 1922.

 This trip I walked inside the Winchester Firearms Museum with lots of nice vintage rifles and pistol then I took a tour of the inside of the house which is laid out in the strangest way. There are short stairs that go for along way only to bring you 9 feet to the second floor. There are stairs that leads to the ceiling, cubbards with no depth, windows on the floor, and many more strange arrangements. Sara Winchester was only 4 feet and 10 inches tall and thus many of the passages/doorway are design to fit her small frame. The number 13 was Sara's favorite number as she was very much into the mysterious. This number can be seen in the architecture with window panes, stain glass sections, decrorative wood panels all having 13 in the desingn. Unfortunately we are not allowed to take pictures of the inside of the house.

Afterwards I took a self walking tour of various spot of the once vast estate. Lots of history. The self guided tour had 20 stations along the Winchester Estate. The Estate which Sara Winchester called Llanada Villa, was self contained at the time and had its own gas lighting plant, water tower, fruit drying shed, greenhouse, coal chute and car wash.

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Annual Bob's Birthday and Pool Pary 30 Jul 10

Every year my good friend Bob throws a Pool Party on his birthday weekend in the first part of August. This year I drove from my new home in Folsom to the old home in San Jose about 2-1/2 hours southeast of Folsom.

As usual Bob and his wife Mary, set up the pool with soda, beer, chips and food all around the house. People started to show up with everyone bringing something to the party. I decided to bring a couple bottles of wine from the Amador Valley that I picked up during my wine tasting events there. The weather was perfect with sunshine and warm temperatures



The highlight of the event was of course the Cannonball Diving Contest. Last years champ came in with his medal and after some practises the fun started. Seven contestants did many attempts to show off the judges who was the best Cannonball Diver.

In the end a Newcomer from England won the contest. Everyone had a great time.

Lots of fun and met many new people and seen old familiar faces.

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The contestants of the cannonball contest with the Winner wearing the Gold Medal

The pool party was a great day.

Trip to North Lake Tahoe

On Friday 23 July 2010, my friend Jack and I went traveling to see the north side of nearby Lake Tahoe. We left early on Friday, driving up Highway 80 in the Northeast direction. After about 1-1/2 hour we, reached Donner Memorial State Park, which is located right at Donner Lake where the tragic Donner Party once stayed for the winter of 1846-47. At the park we stopped by the Emigrant Trail Museum to view the artifacts and history of both the Donner Party and pioneer life during that period. We then walked around the very beautiful lake where there were people enjoying the water and campers in the park.


After about 20minutes riding on Highway 80 we arrived at the historic town of Truckee. We stopped by looking at the old town section and had lunch at a local restaurant. What was funny was seeing an old Flying A Service gas station, which had been converted to a clothing shop.
Then we headed south on Highway 267 to Kings Beach at the very northshore of Lake Tahoe. There was a very nice sandy beach with a great view of the lake and mountains to the south.

  Next we traveled south on State Route 89 to Emerald Bay which is on the west side of Lake Tahoe. We stopped by the Emerald Bay State Park at the entrance to the Vikingsholm, which we had see previously. After taking in the view of the view of the Bay, we noticed a falls not to far away. A decided to walk over there and take a look.

  This was Eagle Falls, where the water was running rapidly on a rock cliff side. There were several people and family hanging out at the top of the falls admiring the spectacular view of the Bay. We took some pictures but was kind of concerned about the sheer drop from the cliff but still manage to take some photos from there.

 That marked the end to our trip to the north end of Lake Tahoe. We saw Donner Lake, Donner Pass Museum, the historic town of Truckee, Emerald Bay and Eagles falls. Instead of heading back the way we came, we traveled on U.S. Route 50 back to Folsom ending a very successful trip.


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Donner Lake viewed from Highway 80

View of Lake Tahoe from Kings Beach

Sadness

Sadness
by Jeremy Redinger
Am I to be happy?
I dwell so deep within myself
that I have never seen the light of day.

The past never happened,
the future will never come,
and the present isn't real.

Depression is a part of everyday life.
The birds chirp for someone else,
The day warms the lives of everyone,
but me.

Happiness lies near,
but my mind won't let my heart reach for it,
and happiness never knew.

I live in a prison,
solitary confinement.
Fear is my guard.

Nothing stops happiness from reaching me,
only me from it.
I am sure that if I can ever grasp it
that the barrier will be forever shattered.

How do you break through invisible bars?
What is it like to touch something you've never had?

I am confined to myself,
Just me and my sadness.

Blue Star Moms Care Package 17 July 10

On early Saturday morning I went to Roseville, about 20 minutes west of Folsom, to help the Blue Star Moms of Sacramento assemble and pack care packages which are to be sent to troops in Iraq. We had to build 600 care packages but there were many volunteers that should up to help out.
The event started at 7am. I found my way around and became the person who assembled the shipping boxes given to us by the US Postal Service. I became the "Box Folder, taking the flat boxes and openning them up and handing them to three other volunteers who taped them up. It took sometime perhaps about 1-1/2 to assemble all the boxes.
The head of the event told all the volunteers how to actually place items into the boxes. On tables set up in a horse arrangement boxes of items from magazines, soup, coffee, toothpaste to chewing gum were set up. A volunteer grab one of the empty boxes we put together then went around the table stuffing as much as possible into the box. At the end of the line, some "inspectors" made sure the boxes were full and were suited to go. The last step someone would put a letter written by a school kid into the top of the box before sealing the box for shipment.
It was a great event with many volunteers, like myself, showing up for the firest time. Hopefully the soldiers recieving the carepackages will have their lives made a little easier with these items from home.


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Lake Tahoe Trip 09July 2010

On our Friday off from work, my friend/co-worker Jack and I planned a trip to nearby Lake Tahoe to see it for the first time. Plan was to travel on the 2-hour tour on the paddle wheel boat in the Lake to have a good general sight seeing of the large Alpine lake.

We traveled east on U.S Route 50 going up in elevation as we traveled. About 2 hours later we crossed the California-Nevada border and arrived at the shouth shore of Lake Tahoe at Zephyr Cove Resort and Marina just off the highway. Very straight forward with no issues. I had Jack drive my car as I am scared of heights and was afraid the highway strattling the high Sierra mountains would freak me out.

The ticket booth was late to open as the first tour($39) on the paddle wheel boat called M.S. Dixie II was set to sail at 11:30am. There was a tour group from the USMC/Combat Helicopter Association was going on the boat. Very long line but we got on just fine. Jack and I headed up to the top open deck to enjoy the view. The weather was great with warm temperatures and no humitiy. Large clouds were forming over the whole area indicating a storm might be on its way.

The Dixie II left on time and headed west across the lake. A very informative and enteraining tour guide, Troubadour Darin Talbot, informed us of the many incredible features of Lake Tahoe and sung about the Sierras.. He wore a microphone and travled along the top deck of the boat.

The views of the this lake were incredible! The mountains made for a unreal back drop with some of them still having snow at their peaks. The water was the most blue color I have seen in a lake. Was told that the granite filters the water making the water in the lake the purist one can get.

I had great converstation with the members of the association. All were from the Vietnam War era who flew in combat their. I purchase a drink for some of them and thanked them for their service to this nation.

Highlight of the tour was arriving at Emerald Bay on the west/California side of the lake. A very pretty beach was there with waterfall coming down on the mountain side. There was a small island called Fannette in the middle of the bay which had the remains of a small house. A building constructed by the owner of Vikingsholm, Mrs. Lora Josephine Knight. The most imporanat site was the view of the Vikingsholm house just on the shore. A historic building made to resemble an Viking castle.

From there the MS Dixie headed back to Zephyr Cove. The total tour was well worth it and left an incredible impression on the beauty of Lake Tahoe.

Afterwards Jack and I drove back around to the west side of the lake on State Highway 89. Plan was to head to Emerald Bay. We arrived at Inspiration Point just before the bay. The point had an incredible view of Emerald Bay through trees. One can see Eagle Falls from that point including the beach with many people laying in the sun and small boats.

We drove further up the road where we arrived at the trail head to Vikingsholm. We had to walk down a pathway for 1 mile to arrive at the beach and the castle. A fee of $5 dollars was required to have a tour of inside of this building. The castle is actually a house built in 1928-29 for a Scandinavian lady who had it built with Nordic designs. Very nice place with most of the inside made of hand crafted wood and furniture.

To get back to the highway 89 one has to walk back up the 1mile steep trail. I impressed myself as I did it rather easily. Jack on the other had was way behind. At the top of the trail there is a great view of Emerald Bay.

A great way to finish of this first exploration of this faboulous lake was to eat a big burger on the east side. Mine was stacked with onion rings and blue cheese. Yummy.

At the end of the grand victory dinner, we headed back to Folsom having enjoyed a wonderful day. Will definitly come back to Lake Tahoe as it is very close to my house and there is still much to see on that Blue lake.

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View of the Mountians around Lake Tahoe

Inspiration Point Vista



Vikingsholms

View of Emerald Bay

July 4th Weekend 2010

On this long weekend to celebrate Independence Day(july 4th), I took in some various venues. I started out with a nice cup of coffee and cinnimon roll at my favorite coffee house, Coffee Republic. Man I love their cinnimon rolls.


Coffee Republic decked out in Old Glory

Afterwards, I worked out then, headed off to see the festival in the near by town of Rancho Cordova where they were holding a "Star Spangled Weekend". The festival was a fair with many rides for the children and food court located behind a public school. It was already hot at about 95F. There were many family and people were setting up for the nights fireworks show.






















One interesting thing I did was try a "Fried Twinkee' which is a deep fried Hostess sponge cake. The guy at the food stand said I should try it with strawberry and whip creame. Why not load on the calories. It was great!!

Fried Twinkie

I was tired from the sun and instead of going out to the traditional fireworks, decided to make it an early night.

Had a great Independence Day. Happy Birthday America.

Folsom Pro Rodeo 02 July 2010

On Thursday 02 July, I meant up with a new friend to go to the 50th Folsom Pro Rodeo in Folsom, California. We meant up a very nice wine bar I found the day before during the cattle drive called The Cellar on Sutter Street. We had some nice wines and walked to the Rodeo Arena about 15 mintues to get there.

The stadium was starting to get filled when we got there. Our pre-payed seats were located high on a wooden bench and unfortunently were at the very end of seats and no way to get out. But it was a good view of the dirt covered areana.

The show started with the entrance of the Painted Ladies Drill team, called because these young women ride on Painted Horses. The women wore pink and came out with American flags and performed around the arena. During this time a Pro Rodeo Queen was crowned.

The rodeo events with Tie-Down Roping of a calf ,Team Roping of a steer, Steer Wrestling, Bull Riding and Team Bronc Riding. Very exciting events but at this less then high level of competion there were more misses then successes. They were still fun to watch.

A funny time the Bull after a bull riding event could not be corralled into the exit gate. The two wranglers trying to laso the bull kept failing. It about 5 minutes before the bull found his way out of the arena.

A crowd pleaser accorded when a man parachuted into the arena with a very large American flag. I was impressed how the parachutes could avoid the high voltage power lines which hang over the stadium.

Another fun event was Mutton Busting, where boys and girls of about 6 to 7 years of age try to hold onto a sheepish steed before being bucked off. The 12 child riders had a good time and and the crowd were much entertained.

After more performance by the Painted Ladies by friend and I decided to leave as we believe we have seen enough.

On our way out of the rodeo, a Reporter from the Folsom Telegraph newspaper asked if would be interviewed on my feelings of the rodeo. This was fun and told her of my fun time at the rodeo.

Well know I can say I have seen a rodeo event and found out more about what goes on at this historic event. Will probably find more rodeo events to go to as everyone is having a good time and I'm always looking for a good time.

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El Dorado County Museum and Gold Bug Mine

On Friday 25 Jun 10, I traveled east from Folsom along Highway 50 to visit the El Dorado County Historical Museum in Placerville, California and the Gold Bug Mine about 1mile north of Placerville.

This area of California has towns started during the gold rush which started in 1849 and is dotted with many abadon gold mines. As a matter of fact the famed Sutters Mill, which started the rush, is 8 miles north Placerville.The Museum, which is next to the county fair grounds, has many artifacts from this California County from the Native America baskets to covered wagon Studabarkers, gold mining equipment and old county stores. Very well presented with the long ago life in the county and the various eras which makes this area very interesting.



Afterwards I drove north on Bedford Ave to the former gold mine of Gold Bug Mine. There is a self guided tour of the mine with audio device which tells you of the various aspect of the mine at different location along the 352 feet long mine or drift. The give you a helmut as the low ceiling would allow you to hit your head on the sharp rocks.



The audio device played at 13 stations along the mine explaining how the mine was made, how the gold ore was removed and the geology of the mountain. Lots of dripping water inside the mine and nice an cool.

Part of the mine tour was also a visit to The Stamp Mill where an old Joshua Hendy Stamp Mill was perserved in its original location. Funny thing is I use to work at Northrup Grumman in Sunnyvale, the original site of the Joshua Hendy Ironworks, even worked in the original building. What a small world. The mill was used to crush the gold ore in a continuous manner using a cam and muliple piston crusher. In the Mill there is a working scale model of the Stamp Mill. The docent turned the model on and it was very noisy, can't image what the sound was like when the full scale mill was working. Docent said that the people of Placerville can hear it even at night, that if the mill broke, the silence would wake the folks up. The Cornwall Mineral Collection with specimens from all over the world is on display in the building.


Had a great time seeing the history of this part of America and California, a very nice day to learn this history.

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Going into the mine

The Stamp Mill







Working Scale Model of a Stamp Mill







Entrance to the Museum

Inside the Museum



The original Stamp Mill