Well well well....

Every few nights when Anthony tucks me into bed

(waaay too early for a 34-year-old woman to fall asleep)

I go through my list of eBay favorites

and search for the rough and polished rocks I cannot get enough of.

A search for King Cobra jasper will turn up mostly mottled brown and cream/tan stones,

nothing like the rough I came across a few years ago that set my kcj obsession in motion.

Last night as luck would have it I found the Holy Grail:

Salmon pink, sage green, rich cherry hints in mustard yellow jasper.

I snapped it up without a second thought and when I get home from all of November's

travels, I intend to slice into this treasure

and make some cabs to set, and perhaps a few to sell.

I just felt so giddy with thrill that I had to share it with you:

for some people their bounty is shoes

for others maybe some sort of rare mushroom;

I heart rocks.

xoxox,

Allison