In some Southwestern Native American cultures was worshipped the Kokopelli, a god of fertility both in childbirth and agriculture. also representing music.  This dancing Kokopelli is appropriately supported on Dreamstone that we collected in the Great Basin Desert.  We visited the Great Basin National Park several years back, but collected the Dreamstone in BLM land (Bureau of Land Management) in an area that is open to rock collecting.  Always collect rock responsibly and respect land boundaries and active mining claims. 

We missed the Hillside Farms craft fair this past weekend as I was ill.  Sorry if we missed you.  This coming weekend we will be in Indio for the International Tamale Festival.  Hope to see you there.

A slow, steady drip, over hundreds, to thousands of years causes a stalactite to form on the ceiling of a cave.  By taking the cross section of a stalactite from a cave within the Mojave Desert, these pendants are striking with their swirls and earth tone shades.  We recently “sliced” the stalactite on the diamond saw, then shaped, sanded and polished each piece.  We hope you like them.

In 1969 man first walked on the moon.  We often refer to the “man on the moon,”  as a face seems to be ever present, caused by the craters and shadows they create.  Early mythology believed that a woman lived on the moon.  Greek culture named her Selene, from which our word “moon” originated.  We recently celebrated a “Super Moon,” as its orbit brought it closer to earth.  Many love songs include reference to our moon.  Oh how we are enchanted by our satellite!

We are happy to add the pewter to our newly discovered Dreamstone and hope you are as well.  We will be featuring a new piece from our Dreamstone Collection in a few more posts.  We hope your week is blessed.