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Agate
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Still Meh. In the course of looking for inspiration ....
**Note - these are culled from the web. Not my images. Reuse at your peril.
A Plume Agate, similar to Moss Agate with the dendritic inclusions.
As above.
Moss Agate. Resembles a fossil, but the plant-like structures are caused by minerals forming dendrites within the agate (or crystal).
Dendrites forming a rather perfect landscape...
Fire Agate, so named because it has a certain refraction that resembles fire, or the flickering play of color within an opal...
The above resembles "Detroit Agate" or "Fordite" - agate-like nodules formed from the drips of paint left behind by the automakers.
Agate is abundant in BC and Alberta, notable occurrences occur in the Hand-Hills, AB, although with a good eye it can be picked up from almost any field in Alberta. Agate is of interest not just because it's pretty (although that should be enough) - but also because the same conditions that generally create Agate often create Opal (opal occurrences are frequently near good agate hunting localities.).
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Wild Turkeys, Church in Kaslo
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Still meh to report. So some more photos, apologies for the photo-trickery, but these were bad and snapped on the roadside...any subterfuge to make them look better was welcome...
Church in Kaslo...
Trail, Rossland
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Little to say, so I took some pictures.
Knit rocks on a ledge in Nelson. Because they looked cold.
Shop Window.
Another shop window, similar to Steeling Home in Calgary.
The Smelter above Trail.
And this, perfectly framed view of the Smelter, I keep thinking of those early CP posters luring visitors to the Rockies and Banff, a better version of this captioned "Move to Trail..."
A dumpster in Trail. The town definitely has a theme going on...
Church in Rossland...
And finally, the Ymir Hotel. Have to pop in some day, the place has a really cozy interior...(although, given the day outside, so does Ikea...)
Dictionary of Gypsy Life and Lore
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This should have been a good book. I mean, look at it, I love reference books, Brewers' Phrase and Fable, Dictionary of Superstitions, this, I thought had promise.
I was wrong. I mean, here's a few samples from the book:
Fortune-Telling: The practice of fortune-telling by reading the palm of the hand is one of the most general activities of Gypsy women in every century. It became the subject of literary mention...
Affection: Among Gypsies there are strong feelings of family affection. Children in particular are overindulged through an excess of such affection. In the first century B.C. the Roman poets Propertius and Catullus showed the deeply moving humanity and love of Roman parents for their children.
I mean, this book has all the depth and understanding of a made-for-TV movie. Bloody hell. I learned more about Gypsies reading Viz's "Thieving Gypsy Bastards"...
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