I’m easy to please. I love stones…rocks…pebbles and consider them treasures. If I see one with promise I will pick it up. I once spent a week on Block Island beaches searching for hearts of stone. You can see the resultant video at the bottom of this post. I’ve shared it before, but as is the case with many posts, it is buried way back in the blog archives.
Have you ever attended a craft show and been entranced by a large bowl of polished stones? I love these stones and have bought them in the past always wishing I could polish stones too. Now, thanks to a rock polisher given to me by one of my sons on my 60th birthday, I polish my own. The stones in the photograph were collected from a creek near my home, Atlantic Ocean beaches, the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, and Cape May’s Diamond Beach.
It took me a few tumbles to figure out how to process the rocks, and every attempt was worth the finished products. They are not without flaws, the prettiest ones are hardest to get smooth as their stripes and mottled appearance means they have different levels of hardness within the stone. The flaws don’t bother me, I’m going to dab them with a bit of polish and consider them finished. Tumbling and polishing stones is one of the ways I nurture myself. My stones seem a perfect fit for the Nurturing Thursday Challenge hosted by Becca at ‘On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea.‘ It’s never too late to start a hobby you’ve always wanted to try to nurture yourself every now and then.
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” ~ C.S. Lewis
MINDING MY P'S WITH Q 
They are all lovely.
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Thanks! They were so much fun to polish.
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Wonderful collection !
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Thanks so much!
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Lovely video showcasing a wonderful variety of stones.
I think the music goes perfectly with the video.
Isadora 😎
https://insidethemindofisadora.com/2018/09/06/nurture-yourself-be-who-you-are-2/
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Thanks so much for stopping by and the comment. 🙂
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I love your stones. It was fun to look at all your heart stones, too. I wouldn’t be able to pick a favorite.
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It was so much fun to look for them. I’m not very good at sitting still too long on a beach.
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I love stones too! Keep on doing what makes your heart happy!! We all deserve that!! LOVED this post …. thank you! 🤗
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Thanks so much for making me happy with your comment. 🙂
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I always wanted one of those stone tumbler/polishers. I asked for one for Christmas several times, but alas, I never did get one.
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Oh Candice, I am the same. I had one when I was very young, but the time wasn’t right for me to use it…now I am always looking up for birds, and then down for pebbles. It keeps my head swivelling with all the beauty surrounding me in creation large and small.
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I know what you mean. Creation has a multitude of unique, beautiful, and interesting things to discover!
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This was so much fun!!
And I always fall for the quotes by C.S.Lewis.
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C.S. Lewis gave us so many amazing quotes. Thanks for the comment.
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Oh, this brought back memories! My grandparents had a long gravel driveway, and I always enjoyed looking for pretty pebbles 🙂
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It’s free beauty and treasure right under your feet…it’s all in the perspective!
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I love rocks and stones — I have a tendency to pick some up wherever I travel — if it is a heart, it is a double-blessing! I brought home stones and rocks from Ireland last year, and our recent trip to Europe! I cannot always feel specific energy from them — but the ones I have make me happy! Thank you for sharing and linking to Nurturing Thursday!
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Thank you for the opportunity and the inspiration.
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Thank YOU! 🙂
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