Someone asked the question recently here or on flickr about whether I had managed to obtain any new smooth stones to work with so I thought I would start the first installment in the stone diary.
The first stones to arrive were from the very wonderful Pat. She sent two stones that her daughter collected from Girl Scout camp (Comstock) at
Cayuga Lake by her lovely daughter.
Very soon after that I received a lovely parcel that was kind of beaten up by the journey from Elizabeth in Denmark.
The two stones in the left upper corner are from Pat and the others from Elizabeth.
Next the postman with the very strong back brought us a large parcel from Lisa with treasures from the British Isles. LIsa and her son Ishi go out rock hunting almost every day. I am so very jealous. This parcel was wrapped so beautifully and included some really lovely surprises for me and the 3 kitties.
I just adore Marcel the very special poisson and each of the kittens has a new lou,lou & Oscar ribbon. And as if that wasn't enough she sent me a wedding bird ( she is now wed just over one month to the handsome Adam who has yet to be unveiled on flickr). The bird was made by the ever talented Nicole in case you didn't recognize it.
Last delivery was a box that again was a little damaged by travel and for which the postman handed it to my daughter saying " This is much heavier than it looks".
She just smiled. It is from the sweet Maiz and her two adorable sons who worked really hard to make sure the stones were very clean. They did a remarkable job. Another amazing fact is that she just had to step out into her LA backyard rock heap to find these treasures. Again I find myself feeling just a little jealous.
Maiz sent a lovely letter including pictures of her sons having a great time cleaning the stones in the sink.
I have already covered a few of these stones but I haven't had a chance to photograph them yet.
There you have it the first installment of the stone diaries. Thanks so much to Pat, Elizabeth, Lisa and Maiz for supplying my very serious stone habit. I can't wait to share what I make with these treasures.
stone diaries.... what a wonderful, poetic idea
Posted by: Sandra | January 29, 2009 at 12:24 AM
It is such a wonderful Stone Diary ! Here, we are waiting for less wind and coldness to "harvest them" and send them to you !
Posted by: labistrake | January 29, 2009 at 05:38 AM
Aw ! Such a very poetic idea ...
I wish I had smooth stones here ... But Paris isn't very "smooth-stoned" !
Maybe when I'll be in Provence at my parents :)
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Posted by: | January 29, 2009 at 06:24 AM
Stone Diaries...how cute!
I love those rocks! I really love what you do with them too. I have several smooth rocks from our trip to Lake Superior that I'm trying to decide what to do with. We had such a wonderful trip there that it'd be nice to make something with the rocks...so that we could look at that whatever and remember our fun trip.
Any suggestions?
Posted by: Astrid | January 29, 2009 at 06:47 AM
Lovely Lovely Stones, and people.
I love our sweet little blog
family! I love that we all take
care of each other!
Margie I hope you have loads of
fun with your new stones!
Take care all,
Rane and a stampede of kids.
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Posted by: Rane | January 29, 2009 at 08:34 AM
I love this!! Stone diaries... stone journeys, histories, tales, and soon: their evolution into beautiful art as you hold them in your hands. Thanks for starting my morning off so well... the Margie touch. Ahhh.
Posted by: mayaluna | January 29, 2009 at 09:31 AM
What a great idea to make a stone diary. Langeland and Als are both islands of Danmark, I forgot to mention that.
Elizabeth
Posted by: Elizabeth | January 29, 2009 at 02:32 PM
those stones are wonderful, like blank canvasses full of possibility :)
Posted by: rebekah | January 29, 2009 at 10:50 PM
I think Barry Polisar needs to add another line to the lyrics for "All I Want Is You."
"If you were a rock, I'd be the moss."
"If you were a rock, I'd be your thread."
etc.
Posted by: Patricia | January 30, 2009 at 10:18 AM
How nice to see our stones here! As I was packing them up, I thought about how many adventures they have already had and how many more they will have in the future... just think, many years in my garden and many, many years of being wrapped in beautiful crochet are just an instant in the life of a rock!
You'll be happy to know that our 2-yr-old now calls our rock pile "Margie's rocks," and our 4-yr-old brought me a "special magic rock that is full of love" yesterday. He said that the more love you put into it, the more love you get back. I know he was inspired by all of the rock talk that we've had about your blog.
Posted by: Maiz | January 31, 2009 at 02:54 PM