This is the toy maker at the Gypsy fair. He lives in a wooden mobile home and he and his wife travel the country selling a vaariety of toys at the fairs. He is here, busy, sawing a piece of wood to turn into a toy. He had wonderful toys like pirates swords, elastic shooting guns, tops, etc, plus decorative art hangins, all from wood. Did you notice his bare feet. This machine is powered not by electricity like most things are, but it is powered by his feet rocking the pedal back and forth and the big gear spinning, moving a belt attached to the blade, to make the blade of the saw go up and down. That is how things were done in the olden days. I used to have a sewing maching when I was a girl that had a pedal like his which moved the needle up and down instead of electricity! It also had a large gear that moved a belt just like the toy makers.

This video is taken at the Cathedral Caves on the beach. The ocean is at low tide so we can walk on the beach. When it is at high tide, we would be standing in water. You can enter one cave and come out the other one because they are connected at the back, like a giant letter "U." It was fun. When the ocean is churning alot it can wash away the sand floor of the caves and reveal the big boulders at the bottom. When this happens it is dangerous for people to try to crawl over the boulders to get inside the caves so they close the caves and wait until the sand base, which is about 5' gets built up again. Interesting.

Love, Granny