Listen, did you hear that?

Dream Catcher I recently completed using leather, gemstone beads, pewter, glass and feathers.

If you spend time in nature, alone and quiet, a subtle breeze or wind can play tricks on your mind and make you think you hear voices.  A moan or cry are common examples as air moves in an around rocks, trees and such.  Add to this the sounds of animals and insects, an active imagination and the possibilities are endless.

Some native American Indians believed that there were good and bad spirits in the air and created “dream catchers,” to help control them and the effects on their dreams and sleep.  Good spirits passed through and bad spirits were caught in the web of the dream catcher and destroyed with the rising sun.  

May your dreams be good and the next time you are out in nature, take time to listen.

Have you ever walked on the ocean floor?

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500 million geologic years ago Las Vegas was at the bottom of an ocean.  The marine fossil above died and settled to the bottom, leaving this impression, now a fossil 250 million or more geologic years old.  It now sits 3,500 feet above sea level.  The magnitude of creation and the resulting geologic transformations over time seem best appreciated out of doors.

The weather here has been mild and we have been enjoying nature, visiting with family and Sherry found some good deals on stained glass.  Mom is doing much better and should be home soon.  Amen.

Hope your weekend is blessed.

Kyanite: Doesn’t that kill Superman?

“Doesn’t that kill Superman?” asked a young boy at a show once, after seeing a specimen label “Kyanite,” in our booth at a show.   The sky blue of kyanite makes it a popular stone.  Its many metaphysical properties adds to its popularity.  Any stone with natural blue color is popular as well.  Blue is representative of life and strength, thus, often the color of royalty.

I recently had time to finish these kyanite rings.  Creating in batches is easier as I made two dozen and placed them in these old ring boxes for safe keeping until our next show: Check our show schedule.

There is an old kyanite mine in Southern California, called the Blue Bird Mine.  Kyanite was mined for its use in ceramics, a good insulator.  Rich in aluminum, kyantie is found in metamorphic rock.  The kyanite of the Blue Bird mine is mostly small crystals imbedded in the host rock I believe is quartzsite.