More vendors packing up and leaving in all the various venues around Quartzsite.  It’s kinda sad, but gives us southwest snowbirds a little breathing room.  I’ve just gotten over a flu-cold crud that took most of my energy away and am slowly getting my energy back.  Hate it when all I can do is lay in bed and have so many things swirling in my head waiting to be created.  Luckily Angie kept me company.

My first Fossilized Sand Dollar pendant found a home.  This is my wonderful neighbor Roberta with her new treasure.  She loves it and looks beautiful wearing it.  I’ve since made two more pendants.  The sand dollars come from California and I bought them from a vendor here who dug them out herself.  She says it’s a labor intensive process, cleaning them off with hand tools to uncover the fossil.  The site where these sand dollars come from is closed to hounding now, so chances of any more coming from that location are slim.

Did some shopping for a client who collects hearts.  She loves Malachite and I searched all over for one of these and finally found one.  I also found some crystals and slabs for her.  They should arrive today.  Hope she like them.  😉

This piece of Agatized Red Horn Coral intrigued me so I purchased it from my friends at Idaho Rockshop and took a slice off.  It sure was purty and I couldn’t hardly wait to see how it would look turned into a cabochon.

And here is the result.  The piece is nicely agatized revealing amazing color, depth and detail.  I’m visualizing the wrapped pendant now and will probably produce something in the near future.  Still deciding whether to use gold or silver… decisions, decisions.

We’re having some beautiful days here.  It’s gradually getting a little warmer, but nights are still cool, in the 30s and 40s.  Every time I take on more rock, I have to bring everything out and re-organize and that’s what I did yesterday.  Gotta cut some of the rough I bought.  That’s on my agenda for today.  Then I’ll line them up for grinding cabochons.  We have set aside next week for taxes, and then when they are finished, I’ll start some classes at the Gem and Mineral Club here in Quartzsite, the largest in North America.

I’ve been putting a box together for my friend Randy, so I went to T-Rocks to see what they have.  I’m planning to go back to take pictures for an upcoming blog post so keep your eyes open for it.  It has a huge and amazing collection of rocks to buy and is highly educational to see all types of rock in rough form.

Bingo started up again last night here at the campground.  I feel silly to say how much I’ve been looking forward to it.  This is a small group and is very low key (Bingo can get pretty serious), emphasizing fun. It was great to hear our host Tommy calling out the numbers again and his beautiful assistant Cheryl doing the Vanna White thing.  It’s White Elephant Bingo, so the prizes always make you chuckle.

Lastly, our neighbor Ralph has been making Tin Men.  He started yesterday and I got a picture of Ralph with his creation. 

They are just too cool.