Cathi, glad to hear my babies arrived safely and are doing their job! Yes, everything I make is my extended family, in a metaphysical kind of way LOL.

Seek, nice story about your moonstone.

I had a creative day Friday, in spite of myself. I was supposed to be cleaning my room but there were beads on my desk... Well, I dusted the windowsill.

Working with gems always makes me happy.

Well I think your babies had much to do with my blood pressure getting lower than usual. Which is good! I went to the doctor to follow up on the Adenopathy, and my pressure was good. The lump was gone too. I think it was the side effect from the flu shot.

Anyway Meredith, I am so glad you are making the jewelry and you are in tune with the energy they bring forth. I know this has much to do with everything.

Seek, I have always loved rocks and when I am in Greece I will go to the beaches with the rocks. Because of the water washing over them, you can see the beautiful colors. I have collected them and brought them home. In fact, I remember one time I had the rocks in my suitcase and when Richard tried to help me with my suitcase he said, "What do you have in here...rocks?" Then I replied to him, "As a matter of fact, I do!" LOL

Cheers,
Cathi

that's hilarious!

Too funny Cathi...Meredith where do you find time to dust a windowsill?

Windowsills need to be dusted? How often?! Things my mother never taught me!!!

Re windowsills - - it probably depends on where you live. If I don't dust mine, the cobwebs and spiders would make my house look like Halloween!

depends on if the nabours see or anyone visiting will be in the room thats my considerasion when dusting a windowsill lol.

wisdom
How did ya explain the rocks to customs? lol.

All of this about the windowsill reminded me of my 2-year-old grandson...he found my duster when he was here on New Year's Day and went around dusting everything in sight...my house never looked so clean! Guess it's almost time to invite them over again? LOL.

Cathi, we picked up some small shells and stones while strolling along the Mediterranean in Costa del Sol (Spain) at dawn one morning in October. Our travel day from Morocco the day before had been gruelling and it was such a delight to relax and breathe in the morning air. The shells were special momentos of that morning.

But at the airport in Madrid, we were over our luggage allowance and had to throw stuff away. I'm afraid the broken umbrellas and beach stones were the first to go.

I like your idea of a candle scape...it sounds very soothing, I would think the memories those rocks invoke would be instrumental in taking you to a "happy place". I wonder if they're like conch shells, if they hold the spirit/essence of the place where you found them.

I laughed at everyone's rock-and-shell stories. Been there, shlepped that.

In defense of my sanity, I would like to inform all assembled that I dust 3 times a year whether it needs it or not.
1. Kathy's spiders were tired of snow so they're wintering at my house. And summering. Guests that won't leave.
2. When the dust hits critical mass, I start sneezing, which just blows the dust somewhere else in my sneezing vicinity. Plus I get occasional customers in my house, and I hate it when they sneeze too. Bad for business, because everyone thinks they just caught a disease.

Where were we?

My dust settles on the piano cover. No matter how often I dust it, there's always another coating within hours. I don't have a problem with people sneezing in my house, I have a problem with people drawing pictures in the dust on my piano cover.

Is there a gemstone that draws dust from the air? (Ahem, my feeble attempt to get back on-topic...)