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Malloy Prairie


We live in an area known as Malloy Prairie, a rocky area of grassland and Ponderosas with a thin soil cover. The area is dotted with long narrow lakes that appear to have been scoured out by cataclysmic floods and the larger area is known geologically as the channeled scablands. This photo was taken along the lane to the east of our home.
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Bonne journée.
Happy New Year to you and yours...
Splendid image!
And I long for my years in Finland.
Good place to get old . . .
About my morning, but first, a bit of background...
I got a rock tumbler a month ago or so (initially for cleaning coins from metal detecting) and have been having fun working on the endless project of slowly polishing the rocks...it takes 7-10 days for each progressive cycle of polishing, and there are 4 cycles. Tomorrow I'm going to be finished with my first set. It won't be perfect and the rocks aren't going to be as shiny as they could be but they will be wonderful all the same. The tumbler I got has two chambers, so I have another set of rocks tumbling now and they are in their second week. I get my rocks mostly from walking up and down the driveway! The drive is covered with gravel and surprisingly, it's littered with tons of lovely rocks which I've always enjoyed looking at. Now I stop to pick them up and some day they will be polished and even more beautiful than they were when I found them. I also find rocks all over the property and where our seasonal pond is. Can't believe all of the neat rocks I've found.
I know that you and Nancy are rock hounds too but you never mentioned having a rock tumbler. I'm going to guess you don't have one? They really are super neato! The progression from when you put them in and the end of the first cycle is jaw dropping...the rocks lose their hard, sharp edges and a lot of their size as well. Then, from week to week, they become more and more smooth. Some break and must be tossed. I know that as a hard-core tumbler, you must be stern about removing rocks with cracks and holes and such but I love them all right now and cannot bear to chuck them. I'm excited to see our first finished set tomorrow and you know that I will be taking lots of pictures to share! :)
Today after my walk up and down the driveway, I meandered off the road to look for pretty rocks to add to the mountain of stones we'll tumble in time. Staring at the ground, I suddenly happened upon a madrone leaf that resulted in a gasp of delight from me. Part of the leaf, beautiful in mahogany tones, was cupped enough that it created a perfect place for water to pool. The reflections from the tree and sky above were lovely. The rest of the leave though, part of it was still changing from green to brown, and one area was a concentrated explosion of colors...bright green, dark green, cherry red and lemon yellow, with veins of colors throughout all of them. Glistening in the light, the whole leaf was one of those treasure that make you glad to be alive. Even though I didn't want to do it, I turned and went up to the house and came back with my camera. I took lots of pictures and hopefully I was able to capture the magic that I saw there. I am so happy I got myself to take pictures because I would have regretted it otherwise. Sometimes I think that I have spirit guides who do their part to help me on my path. And so I try to pay attention, and this was so nice to do. I need to get my camera card and see how they turned out! :)
Ok, that's it. Thanks for your care. You are the best.
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