tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post4886617891785397268..comments2024-03-29T08:07:59.927+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: Rocks and ShellsSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-28502751928626931722019-10-19T19:46:27.091+01:002019-10-19T19:46:27.091+01:00Our kids both liked rocks and shells. They had roc...Our kids both liked rocks and shells. They had rock collections mostly made up of purchased rock samples from a local museum - we used to put one in their stocking at Christmas for a few years. Their collections are probably still in their closets here at our house . . . I should check!<br /><br />Your collection is nicely varied and personal. I love that round rock at the top - I'd have picked that one up, too. I stopped picking up rocks years ago but I still like 'em.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-73227610902468375262019-10-19T08:03:34.044+01:002019-10-19T08:03:34.044+01:00Love your collection I'm a big fan and like an...Love your collection I'm a big fan and like anything that is natural I also collect unique pieces of drift wood and feathers and my friends know not to buy me gifts as I much rather prefer found objects. I think 1/2 the fun is in the hunt. Comox Valley and beyondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592683050512187874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-67138491699298118912019-10-18T22:54:01.053+01:002019-10-18T22:54:01.053+01:00Oh yes! Once you discover rocks, shells, and fossi...Oh yes! Once you discover rocks, shells, and fossils, a whole new world opens up in every way. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-80303517248800846972019-10-18T18:48:56.325+01:002019-10-18T18:48:56.325+01:00We too have shells and stones from our travels but...We too have shells and stones from our travels but I think we'd be hard put to either describe them or tell where they came from.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-49875096825688180952019-10-18T18:46:55.399+01:002019-10-18T18:46:55.399+01:00What wonderful stones and shells. I too am impres...What wonderful stones and shells. I too am impressed that you remember all the facts of each stone and shell so well. I have always loved stones and rocks. And I love gems. I have a few rocks now, most all my others have disappeared over the years. You have a wonderful day, hugs, Edna B.Edna Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02550994321689374875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-35514881890061052122019-10-18T17:52:07.197+01:002019-10-18T17:52:07.197+01:00I like your sweet rock collection. It's impre...I like your sweet rock collection. It's impressive you remember exactly where you found them all.<br />Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05416806166476129590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-37820480018309706062019-10-18T15:27:21.019+01:002019-10-18T15:27:21.019+01:00I taught earth science for a few years in middle s...I taught earth science for a few years in middle school. Kids really liked the unit on rocks and minerals.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-83781916197561258982019-10-18T15:05:45.621+01:002019-10-18T15:05:45.621+01:00nice little set of rocks. I have so many around he...nice little set of rocks. I have so many around here that I have picked up, many from Bpquillas Canyon in Big Bend, some from Portugal, some from Oregon. very few can I tell you specifically where they came from.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-56869925696531760152019-10-18T15:02:49.554+01:002019-10-18T15:02:49.554+01:00That's a great collection and I'm so impre...That's a great collection and I'm so impressed that you remember how you got each and every one of them. You have such a great gift of observation, finding all sorts of things on your long walks. Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-75331934373356299542019-10-18T14:20:15.375+01:002019-10-18T14:20:15.375+01:00Lovely collection! I like the granite pieces the b...Lovely collection! I like the granite pieces the best. (It occurs to me that my fondness for smooth stones might be why I end up with helmet hair so often). The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-20242990021329287142019-10-18T14:02:12.363+01:002019-10-18T14:02:12.363+01:00That's so cool, Steve! I especially love the f...That's so cool, Steve! I especially love the fact that time has no more aged your memory on where you got each thing than it has the stones and shells themselves. <br />Lovely! Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-51962529259824939472019-10-18T11:26:27.391+01:002019-10-18T11:26:27.391+01:00How amazing and wonderful to have tangible, as wel...How amazing and wonderful to have tangible, as well as strangely beautiful, items from the time when you were a boy (and when you were at college - I am waiting for that story!) I love having such items that evoke such powerful memories and emotions! I don't have any rocks unfortunately, but I do have other things.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11707360775261600948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-60697036841974094492019-10-18T10:51:31.341+01:002019-10-18T10:51:31.341+01:00Great collection Steve. And now I am thinking of d...Great collection Steve. And now I am thinking of doing the same, showing some of our collections. MaybeSabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-17994350856638409962019-10-18T10:43:05.975+01:002019-10-18T10:43:05.975+01:00What a fine collection - all with memories attache...What a fine collection - all with memories attached. I especially like the rounded stone from Morocco. By the way, I have also walked south of Essaouira to the old fortifications. I had to get out of there pretty damned quick when a pack of wild dogs appeared. They weren't like Olga or Winnie! It was scary.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-77784262256748852082019-10-18T10:29:02.435+01:002019-10-18T10:29:02.435+01:00You have a neat little collection there, my pick i...You have a neat little collection there, my pick is the conch shell from Ghana. My knowledge of that part of Africa is rather sketchy. I had to look at a map, I see it sits next to Côte d'Ivoire - I know someone whose Dad was born there and I also see Bolgatanga in the north (?) of Ghana where they produce the beautiful hand woven baskets.<br />I have a motley collection of rocks and shells with the best examples being fossilised shells from Ellesmere Island and a handful of exquisite cowrie shells from PNG.<br />The rest are mostly local rubbish with long forgotten sentimental value.<br />AlphieAlphie Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041492283753978975noreply@blogger.com