I bought what I thought was a pound of gummy bears, but it was five, and I haven't even opened the bag. I like to pick it up and marvel at how huge it is, and then put it back down.

Up through the cracks, up through the broken glass. In the hot read light of a black and white, roses grow.

Birds are so much fun, they never mind when you burst into song.

Final offering for my little showing off of my treasures, some rutilated amethyst, a polished carnelian, and Fred, who I painted from instructions in a book roughly 26 years ago. He likes you too.

Labradorite is fun to show to people who aren't familiar with stones. Looks like a boring greenish agate type stone until you turn it just right, then their eyes pop open when the light hits just right. Heard folklore once that it was bits of petrified aurora borealis falling from the sky. Sounds about right.

Also some Moldavite, from a comet that hit the earth and therefore holds cosmic power. It is often fake and made with glass, but I know mine is real 'cause I'm totally enlightened.

Amber landscapes. I have about 12 termites in the piece, or impressions of where a termite was but decayed away as the amber hardened, like the last image.

I love ammonites. Opalization, interesting patterns and textures, full of surprises as you rotate them in the light. Also fun to knit toys of.

And, of course, a tooth from everyone's favorite giant extinct shark I can't fully remember without looking up.

See that tiny swirl by the mechanical pencil lead? I think of it as my spiral goddess. A similar shot is in my Redbubble shop, we have a poster sized print over the bed. Always amazes me to see the poster and know how tiny it is. The crystals are often full of wee rainbows, fun to explore with the jewler's loupe. Like the sphere, it makes me happy in my hippie places. I put jelly bellies in it to nibble on them one at a time when I do the savor and enjoy kind of thing.

Fossil time. I only took pics of a few of these, but that still means a ton of pics for me to sort through. After this post, I better do dishes and dinner. I know very little about these pieces, I just shop for pretty things at the Gem Faire :).

Today I had a ton of chores to do, so I dug my rocks out and took pictures of some of them. Now I guess I will do the chores, but when I sit down I will play with the photos and post the results in this thread. Will probably add to it every now and again for a while.

This piece makes the hippie part of my soul happy, what with looking like yin and yang on one side. About an inch and a half in diameter, smoky quartz.