geology rocks!

continuing with where i left off yesterday ~

so i first met the sasquatch i married back in socal in an honors geology field course ~

so yeah, we're rockhounds! ~

i was 16 & he was one of the prof's older students driving one of the class vans for us ;) ~

i'd ride shotgun, smoking my cigarette & looking out the window at all the cool natural scenes thinking.. i could get use to this! ;) ~

i think back of those times now as 'husband tryouts' ;) ~

on our first actual date together he gave me a love letter & ancient barnacle fossils he'd found down in mexico ~

so that sealed the deal & here we still are together 40 years later <3 ~

we keep jasper in this jar by the butterfly box ~

this rock tumbler makes them nice & smooth ~

lately we've added additional different stones to fill the jar ~

more tiny treasures ;) ~

toxic always loved pants with lots of pockets for tucking cool pebbles & other tiny things she'd find ~

this trilobyte fossil in mr dad's room is the oldest thing in our collection ;) ~

i found these cool trays for him to display his finds ~

& they filled up quickly ~

with crystals & agates he had tucked away in the garage ~

it's always fun to go out rockhunting with mr dad ~

he knows his stuff ~

today i want to wish him a happy day of the dad! ~

here's hoping we'll be out soon looking for more rocks & stones in cool places ~

here's a cool little handful i picked up last trip out, all washed & varnished ~

i've been known to paint some of these too ~

so here's a cool update as well to a post i made back in may here ~

john's old friends not only left my tolkienstone on tolkien's grave for us all, but they brought back 2 stones from his grave too! so i painted one similarly with tolkien's famous sig & it will now reside on our tolkien shelf in a place of honor :) ~

bren

Comments

[Sally]

Happy Father's Day to your Sasquatch. =)
I love this post too (as much as yesterday's), Bren. <3 I love rocks too, and have a childhood book still on rocks that my mom had in her apartment, but never studied them as an adult, even though I would still pick them up on walks/hikes and at the beach. My mom and dad both liked rocks too and I still have some that they found somewhere, agates and balck onyz. I have boxes of rocks and shells in storage still that I kept for years. LOL We had a rock tumbler when I was a kid and I was going to buy one as an adult, but that was one of the many things on my list that I haven't gotten around to doing (due to the noise and living in an apartment. I haven't drilled any sea shells or seaglass for this reason either yet), plus always something else takes priority. I hope that you can get out rock hunting again soon! =)

[ghost]

sally,
glad you enjoyed the post, yes that rock tumbler makes a constant noise for days! lol so we've resorted to washing & using a slight coat of varnish to some of our smoother smaller stones :) i'll always remember slicing my sneakers up on black obsidian & bringing home big slabs of it from a volcanic seam.. can't find the pieces now though? we're checking all the rivers here for good spots, but lately we're having such record rainfall that they're all running too high, flood stage in spots.. so we'll have to wait. hey sally those guided imageries i sent you? i told my therapist that my gallery & especially my nature trails photo albums with music were doing the exact kind of thing as they do, relaxing & like a virtual hike without having to leave home.. she said whatever helps, nature & art, the music etc.. if you ever need a virtual trail, come to my nature detox albums & turn up the sound: http://www.brensgumbyland.com/nature%20detox.html
i don't remember if i ever asked, have you ever been up here to the pacific northwest? they call it wonderland <3 my albums are packed full of volcanoes & waterfalls, mountains & trails, all with music, come along any time you want if you're interested, it's my time machine :) http://www.brensgumbyland.com/my%20photo%20album.html