I'm rather a day late from my usual Wednesday post, but life has been a little crazy lately. Just when you think things will settle down - wham! 12 hours in the emergency room with my daughter is 11 hours too many in my book. Anyway, she's fine. Don't you just love it when you leave the hospital with absolutely no other information than you had going in? She's back to normal from her mystery illness and even the dog is recuperating from his surgery. He's feeling so good I guess he thought he'd celebrate and help himself to one of Lily's cupcakes. Jumped on her bed, onto her night stand and onto her bureau for the oreo cupcake prize (he's gotten amazingly agile with that collar of his on). Remnants were found on her carpet. Evidence is never good to leave behind. And what's a cupcake doing in her room anyway you might ask? Yeah, I was kind of wondering the same thing.
You may not be surprised when you see what I've been up to. I've been really having an itch to get ahold of some morrisonite and I finally managed to buy a few slabs. And no, I'm not stopping working with polymer - just taking a little detour. But can you blame me? This stuff is crazy beautiful. I bought a few pieces from Philip over at Rare Rocks and Gems . He has these live sales every month or so. You have to get on at the exact sale opening time and act fast. I equate it to like going to a Filene's Basement sale- when it used to be good - only you have to act really fast on the computer). Sluggish computers will not do. I kept seeing . . . SOLD . . . SOLD . . . SOLD. I was scrambling and managed to capture these slabs. Ah the stress of it all! His rocks are top quality and he is a wealth of knowledge. And when my package came, there was some surprise Owhyee Jasper in it to boot!
So this past weekend, I spent some time at Mary's and began sawing off the tabs and sanding the stones. I cut one of the slabs into 4 pieces and began forming one of those into a cabochon. I sure wish I had my camera. Water has to drip on the stone as you cut, otherwise it would break. So as you saw, water squirts out and about. You have to protect yourself from getting wet so I literally had to wear a yellow poncho with hood. Such a sight!
It was very satisfying when I got to the point where I could begin to shape the stone. Aside from the color, the pictures that are formed within these rocks are amazing. Faces, rivers, caves, funnels, lightening, planets, universes, it's endless. The King really rocks!
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I took a class at Mass Art a few years ago in cabbing. Such fun but oh so messy!
What hospital did you go to? That is a long wait. We once waited 6 hours at Children's Hospital with a 6 year old who had a broken arm! Imagine making a 6 year old with a broken arm wait all that time.....what a world.
Glad all is well though.
We were at Newton-Wellesley. It took 2 hours just to be called to register. I considered going to Children's but thought it might be a longer wait. The only way to be seen in a reasonable amount of time seems to be by ambulance!
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