What a nice surprise!  Master Matt sold the Bowling Ball Wire Tree yesterday.  It is now on its way to Nebraska.

Matt showed the pictures of the wire trees he made to my mom when we were in Europe.  My mom was very impressed and kept praising him how talented he was.  Later that day, Mom asked me with the look of great concern on her face, “Where is the other half of the bowling ball?”

Me:  What bowling ball?  What are you talking about?

Mom:  The one Matt used to put a tree on.

Me:  Oh, that one.  I don’t know.  Maybe he threw it away.

Mom:  THREW IT AWAY?  HOW WASTEFUL!  Why didn’t he use the other half and put another tree on it?

Me:  I have no idea.  Why are you so worried about this?  Are you some kind of bowling ball police?