I have half a second to breath again so I can finally start the Thank You for the Geology Rocks swap. I'm still going to have to break it into installments so I can do it justice.
What I wanted most from this swap was a local rock. Whenever I travel I
pick up one rock from the trip as my memento. They have such a feeling
of place to them.
listeningmoth,
sent me this rock from her Grandmother’s farm in Virgina. She said it
was typical of the location. We have nothing like this in Kansas. We
specialize in roundish jagged rocks. It never occurred to me that a rock
could be this shape or so smooth. I keep picking it up and feeling it
to reassure myself it’s really a rock and not a railroad spike. It just
blows my mind. I love it. I’ve added it to my small collection of travel
rocks and feel like I’ve visited Virgina
Among my travel rocks I had a sand rose from Africa. I had mentioned
that while I still had the petrified wood from my time there the sand
rock had broken in a move. Look at that. She sent me a sand rose! I
reverently added it to my travel rocks too.
The swap yarn is the blue corner of the first picture. That is the
best photo I have of the yarn. It’s wonderful yarn in one of my very
favorite color but I was so excited about the rocks it didn’t get it’s
due in the photo shoot. I can’t wait to knit it!
