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The Color of March
The color of March is dark and light pastel green. You see this hue in forests and jungles, from the darkness of ivy and malachite to the lushness of green lotus leaves and Peruvian opals. Peruvian opals, the lightest of these March gems, are found in the Andes...
And Kiki Makes Four, Our New “Covid” Family
After 3 years since we put down our last standard poodle, Max and decided to pet sit, but not get another dog. The loss was just too painful. And then something changed. We took care of a friend’s dog, Duke, that had the same temperament as Max and the house felt the...
Ringing in the New Year (Thank Goodness!)
Sayonara 2020! Time to Get Our Bling-On in 2021 Last month (last year) I promised to ring in the new year by showing you some sparkle for your fingers. If you are less of a sparkle person and prefer beauty in simplicity, check out this post. If, however, you are the...
With Rings on Her Fingers…
With rings on her fingers and bells on her toesShe will make music wherever she goesWell, maybe not music so much, because I'm really not much of a bell-ringer. But I do happen to be pretty talented at ring-making (if I do toot my own horn...or ring my own bell. ...
My Favorite Color is…Autumn
What comes to my mind when this spectacular time of year is mentioned? Autumn, with crisp temperatures, sweaters, pretty leaves that are always accompanied by imported leaf-peepers. Oh, okay, and Halloween and Thanksgiving, too. But this month, I really wanted to...
Picture This: Gemstones that Take Us Places
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Sometimes, the pictures are of watercolor scenes, other times, they are portraits. I was working in my studio and realized that I have some gemstones that seem to do the same thing, remind me of someone or someplace....
Let’s See what we can Sea
Labor Day brings thoughts of Summer's last hurrah, complete with a quick jaunt to the beach to splash in the surf. Alas, the mountains several hours beyond a "jaunt", and the lakes here don’t provide many waves to frolic in, and so I must satisfy that urge for the...
Jurassic Jewelry
If I said the word fossil, you would probably go directly to thinking about dinosaurs, arid dusty sites crawling with paleontologists, and perhaps even Jurassic Park comes to mind.Paleontologists, getting down and dirty.I can't talk about fossils without talking about...
The Moon, The Sun, and The Stars
Three years ago, we were all a-twitter here in Western North Carolina, gearing up for a total solar eclipse that took place on August 21, 2017. I was looking at some of my older posts, deciding which ones deserved to come back to my new website, I came across this...
I purchased this red cinnabar necklace, and it is gorgeous! It has a nice weight to it, and beautiful detail. I bought the matching earrings as well, and they’re just as gorgeous!
