WE ALL HAVE MEMORIES THAT STAY WITH US AS WE GO THROUGH LIFE, SOME PLEASANT - SOME NOT SO PLEASANT.. I HAVE SEVERAL THAT HAVE REMAINED RATHER VIVID IN MY POWERS OF RECALL. .AMONG MY MORE PLEASANT RECOLLECTIONS--AS A GRADE SCHOOL CHILD MANY OF US THAT LIVED IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD OFTEN WALK TO AND FROM SCHOOL TOGETHER..BACK AT THAT TIME THERE WAS A SHORT-CUT THAT LED THROUGH A SMALL PATCH OF WOODS THEN THROUGH A CONSTRUCTION SITE WHERE A NUMBER OF NEW HOUSES WERE BEING BUILT..WE WERE FORBIDDEN TO USE THIS SHORT-CUT BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS, BUT BOYS BEING BOYS, WE FOUND ADVENTURE IN BREAKING THE RULES AND TESTING THE LIMITS OF OUR COURAGE AS WELL AS NURTURING OUR REBELLIOUS NATURES.. SO, ON OCCASION, WE WOULD VENTURE FORTH INTO THE FORBIDDEN GROUNDS, SOMETIMES AFTER SCHOOL AND SOMETIMES DURING THE WEEKENDS..
BECAUSE OF ALL THE FOUNDATIONS BEING CONSTRUCTED, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF VERY LARGE DIRT PILES THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE..WE TOOK A CERTAIN DELIGHT IN DISLODGING THE LARGER STONES AND ROLLING THEM DOWN THE PILES..I REMEMBER ONE STONE IN PARTICULAR. I POSITIONED MYSELF FOR WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD REQUIRE A VERY HARD PUSH.. THEN, TO MY SURPRISE, THE STONE ROLLED AND BOUNCED AWAY AS IF IT WERE MADE OF PAPER-MA CHE..
OUR CURIOSITY WAS NATURALLY AROUSED AND IT WAS A SIMPLE MATTER TO PICK THE STONE UP AND DROP IT ATOP ANOTHER..INSIDE WE FOUND A BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION OF REDDISH-PURPLE CRYSTALS..AND THERE IS WERE MY POWERS OF RECALL FAIL ME..WHAT WE DID WITH OUR FIND I DO NOT RECALL..OTHER THAN OUR MUTUAL EXCITEMENT THINKING THAT WE HAD FOUND DIAMONDS, NOTHING ELSE REMAINS IN MY MEMORY OF THAT EVENT..
I DO APPRECIATE NATURE’S BEAUTY..A FLOCK OF GEESE, A FLOWING RIVER, SNOW COVERED TREES, A LATE AFTERNOON HATCH OF PALE EVENING DUNS, STAR-FILLED NIGHT SKIES, ROLLING HILLS AND GREEN MEADOWS, THE ETERNAL DARKNESS OF CAVERNS AND THEIR MYSTERIOUS MAGNIFICENCE—AND YES, EVEN ROCKS CAN HAVE A DELICATE BEAUTY THAT CANNOT BE DUPLICATED BY EVEN THE MOST DELICATE AND EXPERIENCED STONE CARVERS..
I LEARNED A LOT OF INTERESTING NATURAL PROCESSES JUST BY TALKING TO THE VENDORS AT THE SHOW AND I HAD TAKEN NOTES ON SOME OF THESE BEAUTIFUL PIECES--BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE I PUT MY PAD DOWN AND FORGOT TO PICK IT BACK UP..SORRY
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| THE STONE WE FOUND WAS SIMILAR TO THIS EXAMPLE.. |
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| SOME INTERESTING SMALL FOSSILS FOR SALE |
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| A BEAUTIFUL FOSSIL OF SOME ANCIENT AQUATIC PLANTS FOR SALE!! $800. |
WELL, I REPEATED THE STORY I TOLD YOU TO A COUPLE OF THE VENDORS AT THIS SHOW AND THE USUAL RESPONSE WAS A WINCE WHEN I DESCRIBED OUR METHOD OF OPENING OUR GEODE (THE PROPER NAME FOR THE TYPE OF ROCK WE HAD FOUND)..THE PRICE OF SUCH A PIECE THAT I DESCRIBED TO THEM WAS VARIABLE..ANYWHERE FROM $500 TO $800 DEPENDING ON CRYSTAL STRUCTURE, MINERAL CONTENT, COLOR, EYE APPEAL ETC..
EVERY TIME I SEE A PILE OF DIRT NEXT TO WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BECOME SOME FAMILY'S FUTURE HOME, MY MIND WANDERS BACK TO THAT DAY WHEN WE LOOKED DOWN IN AWE AT THE ROCK WE HAD BROKEN APART..AFTER THE SHOW I COULDN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHATEVER BECAME OF THAT BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF NATURE'S WORK..MAYBE SOMEDAY I'LL STOP AND POKE AROUND SOME STONES AND ROCKS AT SOME CONSTRUCTION SITE AND SEE WHAT I FIND..WHY NOT?? I HAVE CERTAINLY DONE MUCH MORE BRAINLESS THINGS....*************************
NEXT WEEK I HOPE TO HOOK UP WITH THE "CONNECTICUT WOMEN IN SEARCH OF A CURE MOTORCYCLE CLUB." UNTIL THEN CHECK OUT THEIR STORY IN THE JULY ARCHIVES--GREAT BUNCH OF GIRLS......
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GOT TO GO PUT ON THEWINDSHIELD
SEE YA
JIM
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