New Leaves

Boy

I am still at the tail end of the cold. Doing marvelous compared to this time last week.

My beloved did come and spend the day with me. A little more than 24 hours, and it was wonderful. We went and saw 'Finding Neverland'. That film is wonderful. I think that it's a real treat for anyone who loves Peter Pan, and for anyone who has ever truly imagined something.

He brought about 5 staves (plural of staff, not that I think my readers are morons, but the word is sorta odd... but I like it.) He even shared with me the secret of how he ties the leather knotwork, and I started making one myself.

I'm having technology issues with my cell phone.

I'm just having technology issues... went to update my photos, but I forgot my passwords and such, i'll have to beg the help of the lovely Calima, IT superhero for the technologically challenged....

anyhoo.

My sister is having a boy. I so knew it.

Today before the Staffmaker left, he took me to the jewelry expo at Vet's Memorial. I felt happy to go with him, and was certain that I'd leave with some beads.... Oh, it's the motherload of beads. I'm not big into jewelry. I like it, but sometimes it doesn't agree with me. Doesn't feel like me... so I'll go a long time with only wearing my earrings. (clothes too, perverts)

Mike likes the expo because he loves rocks, and oriental style carved boxwood. Also he likes to mount crystals into the tops of his staves. It's a beautiful effect. The expo is the best place to get this stuff.

So, we are going mostly for him, and mostly for me to understand the things that he likes, maybe see if I like it too.

Oh boy did I.

There are so many beautiful pieces at the expo, It's a bit like walking through a museum. Freshwater pearls... Oh, how I love pearls. I love freshwater coloured pearls for beadwork, I love black pearls for classic jewelry. I just love pearls. Not so much the white ones, but they are lovely too. I just love colourful precious things from the ocean. See, I like jewelry, I'm just particular.

Then we passed by a booth with the most beautiful pieces of amber. 3' long strands of gorgeous amber beads and trinkets. Just beautiful. And I saw IT.
Oh you know, that thing that you just fall in love with. It was so beautiful it brought tears to my eyes. An oval amber pendant/broach with an etched cameo in the back wonderfully mounted in a silver boarder. The woman in the pendant was younger than most, and she had a vine deeply etched and travelling 3/4 of the way around it. But alas, the price was out of range. Oh, I hope the owner of that piece treasures it. Its unique. A true work of art.

We went on and on through this place full of shiney gorgeous things, and I did love it. I was admittedly apprehensive, but I really enjoyed it. Especially the estate jewelry. All the antiques... *drool* All the time I learned not to look overly hard or covetous towards anything reasonably priced that I liked, as Mike threatened to take any wistful sigh as permission to buy it for me.... and as an artist, I like to look.... Oh, I love to touch the work too. (Terrible museum manners, I know)

Not to leave this entry without finding some body part to complain about, we shall write a bit about the neck that doesn't like any of my pillows. Finally, I have memory foam pillow that I hope will remedy this pain in a week or so. It was so badly aggravated that Mike carried my purse through the expo. When I tried to take it back from him he rather loudly said, "It's my purse dammit, I'll carry it, and if you try to take it from me again, I'll start yelling out 'purse snatcher." To which, I instantly hid my face in his shoulder at the nearby people chuckling. Yep, I turned red again. I have Trish coming over tomorrow to help me realign my back. She's brutal, But, Oh so good.

Before we left the jewelry expo, I was gifted with THE cameo. I cried like a baby.

Posted by hawkie at March 12, 2005 01:24 AM