Replies to Comments, Rocks, Fossils, Tumbling and Not Doing

 Hi Blogland friends!

I am laying on the 

daybed, listening to the

birds, and chilling.

It is Saturday as I type this

out and I think this will

actually put me into 

the first of next week when

you read it since I have a 

few ahead of this.

Do you do that, blog forward

and save to post?

Anyway, its 945am and its

already picking up heat. I took 

a tour around the yard about

an hour ago, and I decided that I 

need to do this as the sun comes up.

It was already getting muggy out.

For those that don't know, 

I can't handle heat well. 

Anyway, moving on to more

fun things, lets do some 

replies to comments.

Both Ann and Liz mentioned

the Hemp cream that I 

blogged about. Liz stated 

"Pungent hemp cream.".

Funny things is Liz, I can't 

smell it but cats have such

great smellers that Lily got the 

scent of it!

Ann stated that she loved

the pic of Lily smelling the air/

Hemp cream. 
I know Ann, that girl is such a 

mess. 

Marie stated that I needed

to avoid the caterpillar in the post

I did on the caterpillar I saw outside 

and what the hairs on it could 

do to you like headaches and rashes.

Marie, I am so glad I did 

not reach out and touch it but 

if I had, I would like to think it 

would have taught me a lesson...

oh well, that was a nice thought

anyway, I might not have 

taught me a think!

With the fossils and rocks in 

the yard and holding on to 

finds, I now am studying up on 

fossils from this area.

With the tumbler, I am learning

even more. 

My last batch of rocks was

almost full in the tub, about 

a 1/4 inch from the top. When I 

finished all four steps, each 

step two days I was shocked.

The rocks did not even 

cover the bottom of the tub. 

So, I am learning the type of 

rocks and fossils to tumble. 

This last batch I put in on Friday and

told my FB friends I would keep 

them posted along the way.

This batch went in on 

Friday.

These are really not the type 

for tumbling, but it is 

the best way to clean this 

fossil. Reason for not 

being good for tumbling, it 

looks to be packed in years of 

dirt that has actually harden

as hard as a rock.

 

Will be interesting to see how 

small this gets once that dirt is 

sanded away. 

Not totally sure about this one, 

I think it is hard enough to 

hold its size. But we will see.

In my reading I would say 

this is an igneous stone, usually made

by volcanic rash.

Although we have no active 

volcanos in TN., not to say that back 

in prehistoric times, there might have 

been.

This appears to be a fossil and 

I hope it is just knocking the mud

away but it could be what I see is 

actually small stones picked up 

as the stone tumbled around in the 

sea, or now a days, our river.

I put these in and they appear

to be a softer stone so we will 

see what takes place. 

The interesting thing about these stones,

if you flip them over (some of them)

and study them, 

they look like human teeth.

I am finding these all over the yard.

These stones came with my 

tumbler so I decided to 

go ahead and tumble them.

With the tumbling I have

learned that gems are really

the best for tumbling.

Put my finger in to show 

where the stones stop.

It's about an inch from the 

top. This afternoon when the 

tumbler cuts off, we will see 

just how much it has dropped.

I have a bunch of small stones

that are fossils of coral but 

I am not sure about tumbling 

that. Will have to see, maybe

tumble one and see. 

If you remember I said I wanted

to make this curtain and

hang between two trees in 

the backyard. Well yep, 

that is not going to happen!!

I started, found a way to wrap them

in copper wire so that they 

would hold, and I might have

the time for something like

this, just not the patience. 

Love it but not happening.

Next thought, a heart shaped bed

with heart rocks in it. 

Seriously, I have way too many 

that I found and I don't want to 

toss them back out!

So here is your challenge for 

today, 

"ROCK on"!

Pam