Christmas Ornament House

On the weekend of June 10-11, I attended some of the Marquette Waterside Festival, which is held at a narrow park along Lake Monona. Scheduled for Saturday were mainly international or ethnic music acts. These especially interested me because I like both kinds, but I preferred hearing the sitar act that was scheduled. Food and beer vendors help fund these neighborhood festivals, and some organizations set up booths, such as on protecting WI riverways, the Sierra Club, Amnesty International, and WORT (the community radio station). What most attracted my attention were UW astrobiologists, with microscopes to look at tiny meteorite particles that they explain you can find at home. They also handed out cards on life forms that live in extreme conditions on Earth.

One of the nearby houses has a tree with year-long Christmas ornaments. When I first saw this, I asked the owner about the weather breaking the ornaments, but she said the main problem was squirrels knocking down the balls and even chewing them, especially red balls. Below is a 3D photo of one of the ornaments.