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And, a couple of more paintings of cats for the boy, while I have a place to do them:
Didn't really like this one, colors, composition all wrong, but I did better the second time round:
All the while listening to "The Master and Margarita", audiobook, good background noise to distract the brain from the task at hand.
Audiobook, good narration, but I didn't like the narrator's imitation of the voices. Perhaps a radio play would have been a more suitable pick...
The one who got away
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I rather liked the idea of this, but it lacks production, writing, most people I find are rather inarticulate in matters of Love.
I'll let you make up your own minds:
Link: https://www.mroliverblank.com/art-index/the-one-who-got-away
I prefer Keith Courage. He's raw and articulate.
Sandpoint, ID
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A fine day off and I take my temporary passport and head to the border. The Selkirk Loop. Down through Sandpoint, explore thrift shops, antique shops (no money to buy, but look, get inspired.).
Sandpoint is cool, the weather fine, something about being in the US, cheap gas and cigarettes, life is mighty fine...
And I check out a rock shop in Sandpoint, and things go from fine to excellent. Some amazing specimens:
A four foot tall Amethyst geode, from Brazil, with amazing quartz or Calcite crystal in the middle. If you were religious this would be proof of God. And, hard to believe, I know, but cheap at a mere $15, 000 Canadian. And I mean cheap, this is an amazing piece, museum quality...If I won 10 million dollars I'd buy it for my locker and pay somebody to clear a spot for it...
And cool specimens of Stikine River garnets, good color, and pretty displayed on the schist. But of extra interest to me because I've found similar - smaller, but specimens on schist, good crystals, and so maybe I can monetize mine?
Beautiful included quartz for Chakras. This is the beginning of something that I can't finish, but, hey, lets go a little down that road anyways...
Boji Stones? WTF are these? You can't really seem them through the plastic bags...Lets read the pamphlet (I tried to get one, but they only give them away with purchase...)
(right click & open in new tab to embiggen and read...or read more here: https://www.avaloncrystals.com/bojistones)
I couldn't make this shit up, or I could but I'd be a little bit embarrassed. How am I poor?
And this:
These are interesting. Lets read their pamphlet, shall we?
Yeah. All right. And this is the tip of the iceberg, if you've been in any of these types of shops you know, there is so much more, but I am inspired, I am inspired...
Beryl in Quartz
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Fine weather, 18. 20, 25 degrees, and I've been out and about. And found some stuff, finally, that's giving me hope (because the job, lets be real, in this weather is nothing but despair).
A big rock, quartz, but of interest is a large - maybe 6 or 7 cm long crystal that runs down the middle - hexagonal, Beryl, I'm guessing, the non-gem variety of Emerald, but it fills me with hope, it shouldn't be here, none of the mining reports I read mention anything other than Black Tourmaline, this one, white or colorless (it would need a fair bit of cleaning) is a pretty large and fine specimen, not pretty, but there will be better when I find the source...
And the other treasure hunting season is underway. 3 days until I'm living in the woods, there will be time...
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