The Lazy Faire

A long time back J. expressed interest in having a boomerang, and on my last trip to Colorado I picked up a ‘rang from Colorado Boomerangs.  Today I looked up some instructional videos on YouTube and then we walked out to the local park and gave it a spin (literally!).  J. pronounced boomerang throwing to be “fun!” after the first throw.  We never quite got it to return to our hands, but we came close a couple of times.

I told him a few of the things I’d found out about boomerangs: that they originated in Australia; that the aborigines used them to hunt; that they would use one type of ‘rang to “corral” a flock of birds and keep them from flying out over a body of water, and a different, hunting boomerang to bring down the cornered birds.

On the way back we discussed the resourcefulness of ant colonies, and I related a few of the more impressive ant accomplishments, like farming and tentmaking.