Bill slipped the cloth pouch out of his pocket.  It was as weathered as his face from a life of gold prospecting. We were delighted by the gold encrusted quartz that he found in California along with his stories.  We thought you would enjoy seeing a picture of it.

Today we finish up at the Gold show in Quartzsite.  We hope your week is blessed.

A short drive through green fields of produce, from Yuma, into California is the tiny town of Bard.  Home to the Imperial Date Farm.  Dates, healthy, full of fiber and protein, taste like sugar.  We could not resist the deal on the eleven pound box.

We leave Yuma and set up for the next show:  The Gold Show in Quartzsite, Arizona.

We make these pendants from 1,000 year- old Indian pottery shards collected years ago on private land.  Shaped into squares and set in silver pendant trays they show the classic “red on buff” style of pottery done by the Hohokum Indians of Southwestern Arizona.  Better named the early Sonoran Desert people, we celebrate their awesome existence, allowing them to live on in these unique jewelry pieces that we proudly make, here in the USA.

Today we wind up at the bluegrass festival in Casa Grande. Next weekend renaissance fair in Yuma.  We hope your week is blessed.