Bloom

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Christmas Cactus

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Kinetic

Break!

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Green Melt

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Ivory

The tip of a Wooly Mammoth tusk (prehistoric ivory is legal) inlaid with Mexican Fire Opal. The inlay was purposefully made a little crude so it might suggest something early man might have done.

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Cold Cash

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Opal and Tourmaline

This is an opal with a natural Tourmaline crystal (it was not cut or polished) on a reticulated sterling silver backing. It is about 1" wide by 2" long.

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Ride of the Valkaries

Part of a huge flock of Canadian Geese gliding in for a landing on our lake.

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Melt

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Travel Time

Canadian Geese have been sticking around longer than usual this year

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Good Cooks

From back in the days when people actually cooked their dinners instead of opening a box (our family still does).

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Lay Up

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Long Winter

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Nail Polish

I don't get it. Everyone says if you polish your nails you'll be more high class... but I just don't see how it helps. :-p

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Gummy

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Dentist's Dream

This is a section of Wooly Mammoth tusk. Mammoths lived from about 150,000 years ago to around 1,700 B.C. It is thought to be the first species where man contributed to extinction through over hunting (along with climate change). Tusks could grow to 15 or 16 feet (4.5 meters) long and weigh hundreds...

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Rock n' Roll!

This is a piece of Sodalite, and, a Roll = Rock n' Roll!!! :-)

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Hitting the Hole

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Sparkling Personality

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Old as Dirt

This is old as dirt, because it IS dirt. This is a macro of a Cuneiform specimen I got about 15 years ago. Cuneiform is among the earliest forms of written communication, from the "Fertile Crescent" area of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (present day Iraq). The earliest forms are around 5...

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CMYK

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. I felt a little silly buying these nail polishes, but they made kind of a neat abstract.

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Denied!

Please view in High-Res if you have time.

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Loner

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Rain

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