Legos.

May 10, Montpelier.

Illusion.

May 10, Montpelier.

There is the grace, rather miraculous, of performers walking into the ring in spotless shoes and costumes.
The storm hit short and fast but right before show time and both backstage areas and midway became a treacherous, slippery, sticky ocean of mud, for we are parked on fresh earth, off to the side of a country motor speedway.
The grace, and the illusion.

A trailer with a view.

May 10, Montpelier, Indiana (38 miles, motor speedway.)

Out-take (Joel.)

May 9, Decatur.

Joel's roping debut.

May 9, Decatur.

Joel, who has been presenting the camels, also stepped in with his roping act today.

A trailer with a view.

May 9, Decatur, Indiana (3 miles, Riverside Center park.)

Good works.

May 8, Huntington.

We are a little late but boy did we do it.
All it took was for the office to post an announcement backstage and in a few days we had collected over thirty pounds of clothing to be sent to disaster relief down in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where the Little Sisters had found us a contact.
The response was just overwhelming.

Huntington scenes.

May 7, Huntington.

A day.

May 7, Huntington.

Mother's Day passed as usual - nothing else than a day off for the circus, and Fridman deciding to improvise himself assistant mechanic, spending the day helping Castor and running errands. It was Casey who saved the occasion, by coming by to offer a bar of the most delicious dark chocolate and say happy Mother's Day, and my friend Marcos, who called.
But the day, the day was Dylan riding a bike for the first time in his life.
A day to remember, after all.

The smaller Nicolas.

May 7, Huntington.

Reyna's surprise (it was her birthday too.)

May 7, Huntington.

Gigi's fourth birthday.

May 7, Huntington.

A trailer with a view.

May 7, Huntington, Indiana (57 miles, fairgrounds.)

A trailer with a view.

May 6, Kokomo, Indiana (50 miles, Future park.)

Atrailer with a view.

May 5, Lebanon, Indiana (45 miles, 4-H fairgrounds.)

Family update.

May 4, Bagersville.

What we do between shows.

A trailer with a view.

May 4, Baggersville, Indiana (42 miles, flea market.)

Ringling history revisited.

May 3, Rushville.

John Ringling North stepped back into the ring today for the first time since July 1956, when he led the last spec under the tent at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Variations on water.

May 3, Rushville.

Variations on fire.

May 3, Rushville.