Lori, 

At least you were singing a great oldie by Bob Seger "...aint it funny how the Night Moves?"  It isn't your fault your neighbor can't appreciate good music. 

Gwen

Quote from: gwenf369 on August 07, 2024, 10:14:36 PMLori,

At least you were singing a great oldie by Bob Seger "...aint it funny how the Night Moves?"  It isn't your fault your neighbor can't appreciate good music.

Gwen

Strange how the night moves
With autumn closing in

 

Lori Dee - It's great to see these pictures and a range of looks.

You are beautiful!

Mandy

Lori, you look amazing, incredibly confident and comfortable in your photos. It's inspiring!

@Mandy Spencer @Lillis

Thank you, Ladies. 

Every time I come here, all you folks have like 2-4 more pages in your blogs.

Lori, omg you are legit beautiful, girl. And it's not just in how you look. There's something behind your eyes. Something, at peace... something... deep. Your eyes are amazing. Like properly amazing. If they're the windows to the soul... you have a stunning soul. Damn. You have incredible eyes.

       

Lori is rocking good looks!


Chrissy

The Story of Ray's Rock.

A friend of mine was rockhounding up near Lead, SD (pronounced leed) where he lives. He found this rock and wondered how it would look after running through the rock tumblers. I told him that it wasn't a good candidate, but I would throw it into the next batch and see what happens.

That was about six weeks ago. The rock has been through all of the stages of polishing, (left side pic), so I made him a keychain out of it. I am not driving 60 miles to deliver it. I'll give it to his mom and she can give it to him next time she sees him.

Quote from: Lori Dee on August 09, 2024, 01:47:44 PMThe Story of Ray's Rock.

A friend of mine was rockhounding up near Lead, SD (pronounced leed) where he lives. He found this rock and wondered how it would look after running through the rock tumblers. I told him that it wasn't a good candidate, but I would throw it into the next batch and see what happens.

That was about six weeks ago. The rock has been through all of the stages of polishing, (left side pic), so I made him a keychain out of it. I am not driving 60 miles to deliver it. I'll give it to his mom and she can give it to him next time she sees him.

That was a really awesome thing to do, Lori. It's beautiful. What is that white band?

Quote from: Sephirah on August 09, 2024, 03:08:39 PMThat was a really awesome thing to do, Lori. It's beautiful. What is that white band?

Thanks!

The rock is granite. The band is quartz. Granite usually doesn't tumble well because of having different minerals and different hardnesses. The softer ones erode faster leaving an uneven finish. I was surprised this turned out as well as it did.

Some people call this a wishstone: A rock with a band that completely circles it. You trace the band around the stone with your finger while making a wish. Then give the stone to someone else and your wish comes true. Too often people like the stone so much they don't give it away.

Sometimes there may a rock balanced on a tall thin rock. That is interesting to see.

Bryce Canyon National Park has some interesting rock formations.

So does Arches National Park.

Volcanic rock is interesting too.

Lots of rocks and stones are interesting, for that matter.

Chrissy

May go to Crater of Diamonds State Park to see if I can find a diamond.


Chrissy

Quote from: Lori Dee on August 09, 2024, 04:05:25 PMThanks!

The rock is granite. The band is quartz. Granite usually doesn't tumble well because of having different minerals and different hardnesses. The softer ones erode faster leaving an uneven finish. I was surprised this turned out as well as it did.

Some people call this a wishstone: A rock with a band that completely circles it. You trace the band around the stone with your finger while making a wish. Then give the stone to someone else and your wish comes true. Too often people like the stone so much they don't give it away.

That is legitimately awesome.

I love that you're into this, like hard. Because I feel like everyone finds beauty in different things. And different rocks can mean different things to different people. It is literally the definition of "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

What one person finds unappealing, someone else may find it to be the most achingly beautiful thing they've ever seen. And that is just awesome to me. What is ordinary to one person, is extraordinary to someone else. It's a metaphor for life.

I watched a youtube video recently of the only Russian satellite to land on Venus. All you saw was a rocky, barren landscape under a pale yellow sky, before it got burned up and crushed under the awful conditions there... but all I could think was.. these rocks tell a story. And that's kind of how it is here. Geology is memory. And I love that.

Quote from: Sephirah on August 09, 2024, 04:15:18 PMWhat one person finds unappealing, someone else may find it to be the most achingly beautiful thing they've ever seen. And that is just awesome to me. What is ordinary to one person, is extraordinary to someone else. It's a metaphor for life.

I collected rocks as a kid growing up in the California desert. My brother would just look at me and shake his head, "They are just rocks!"

A unit of weight is called a stone.

If you drink too much alcohol, you might become stoned.

In old times, they stoned people to death.

Then there is someone who was knocked out stone cold.

There is stone soup.

Lots of uses of the word stone.

Pebbles, stones, rocks, boulders.  I wonder where the size changes are made to a more appropriate word (stone to rock, etc.)

Fascinating is the Painted Rocks National Seashore in Michigan.  It is at the upper of Michigan's two peninsulas.

Chrissy

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on August 09, 2024, 04:52:58 PMPebbles, stones, rocks, boulders.  I wonder where the size changes are made to a more appropriate word (stone to rock, etc.)

Great question!

Look here. Scroll down just a bit and there is a size chart.
https://www2.tulane.edu/~sanelson/eens1110/sedrx.htm

Quote from: Lori Dee on August 09, 2024, 04:36:54 PMI collected rocks as a kid growing up in the California desert. My brother would just look at me and shake his head, "They are just rocks!"

They are the memory of the whole planet. The single most important indicator of everything that has ever been in this world.

Not to mention, some of the most beautiful things around. To have that passion is... it's special, Lori. It's having a love of the deepest parts of this world. You show things that are... I mean... I find them amazing. Works of art set down by chance. Waiting for people to find them. More beautiful than all the paintings in all the galleries in the world.

I can see why you do this. And I thank you for bringing it to others. <3

Can I ask, Lori, what is the one thing that makes you go "wow"? I don't think it's gold. What is one thing which has took your breath away?

Quote from: Sephirah on August 09, 2024, 08:02:45 PMCan I ask, Lori, what is the one thing that makes you go "wow"? I don't think it's gold. What is one thing which has took your breath away?

Could it be the world's largest gold pan, located in Canada?

Nah.

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on August 09, 2024, 08:05:53 PMCould it be the world's largest gold pan, located in Canada?

Nah.

Lol, I don't think that's who Lori is. She has a massive appreciation for beauty most other people would never see.