Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things

[RobesonsRme.com]

I find it interesting that those lichen or mushroom formations tend to create porches or balconies for the birds or squirrels.

I have seen that before, where they form right below a hole in a tree trunk.

Wonder why that is?

Charlie

[Eustace]

Eustace, what did they do with the bomb? Did they blow it in place?

Yes, yesterday our military blew it up on a polygon.

"Polygon"? I think something might have gotten lost in translation. Can you describe what you mean by a polygon?

In geometry, a polygon is any closed, multi-sided object. Triangles, rectangles, hexagons, etc are all polygons.

Sorry!
Polygon (Полигон)
1. Special area for military or sports training, for driving and testing of cars, etc.
2. Figuratively. Fields, area, where tested, checked something new.

[mrwatch]

I stopped by a garage sale once. Man had large pieces of fungi drying. I guess people will collect anything? We have a few covered bridges in West Michigan. One was torched after restoration. They have since rebuilt it. We have been to the covered bridge festival in Indiana. Nice tour and many flea markets. Sometimes when we go home I drive the route.

[mrwatch]

Eustace, I see that Bulgaria has some amazing gems and minerals from the mines. Have any connections or examples?

[TwoFlowersLuggage]

Thanks Eustace - I had never seen the word used in this way.

[RobesonsRme.com]

Not a fan of the sport, but do not Mixed Martial Arts contests sometimes take place in a Polygon?

Charlie Noyes

[TwoFlowersLuggage]

I believe the term used in MMA is "The Octagon".

[RobesonsRme.com]

Told you I wasn’t a fan.

Charlie Noyes

[Eustace]

Eustace, I see that Bulgaria has some amazing gems and minerals from the mines. Have any connections or examples?

About 25 years ago, during a fishing trip on a river in the Eastern Rhodopes, I found a pink transparent crystal as big as my fist. It became interesting to me, I took it and during the fishing I continued to look around. I filled my bag with some colored stones. I took them to the Natural History Museum and they told me they were chalcedony, red opal, agate and more. They also told me they were worth nothing.
In Bulgaria there are many deposits of semi-precious stones.Everywhere in the tourist sites sell a variety of sizes and colors stones arranged in various figurines or just polished. My wife often buys one. There is even such a type of tourism - a local guide leads you along the river of a treasure hunt. Rubies, emeralds and aquamarine are rare, and are not the subject of any serious interest. If you tell me what interests you, I can look for it.

[TwoFlowersLuggage]

Very cool Eustace! Around here, if you find what looks like a colored gemstone, it is most likely a piece of glass from a beer bottle smoothed over by the ocean sand!

[LongBlade]

Very cool Eustace! Around here, if you find what looks like a colored gemstone, it is most likely a piece of glass from a beer bottle smoothed over by the ocean sand!

Sand glass is actually collectible ... I lived along the beach for most of my life before moving up to CT (though I’m still only 20 minutes away).. I knew a number of people who collected sand glass and honestly have seen books on collecting it... Value was all dependent on color of the glass - certain reds and blues were near the top if I remember right and I think the colors also reflected the age... After storms you could walk the beach and get pretty lucky... Also when I was fishing the beach I found my fair share of not only glass but other old interesting items... We have a clear base filled with all kinds of sand glass though my wife nor I didn’t seriously collect the sand glass ... Other cool items were very old coins that would wash up on the sand - I knew a guy who found lots of 1800s coins

[TwoFlowersLuggage]

Yup - I've been known to pick-up interesting smooth stones from the beach. There is a beach a few hours North called Spooner's Cove in Montaña de Oro State Park that has huge deposits of pebbles & rocks. Some of them are very interesting. (not my picture):

I have always liked sandstone rocks with holes worn through them by the waves. I have also thought it was interesting how much prettier the rocks are when they are wet. You really need to store them in water to get the real beauty - but of course, the water will also quickly become stinky.

[espn77]

I've always had a job that caused me to be up long before the sun does. That has allowed me to enjoy some amazing sunrises. This is this morning. I always like things in the skyline, a tree, windmill, or a feedlot elevator.

[mrwatch]

In the news while Michigan categorically denies that we have Cougars, sans mountain lions a trail cam has picked up a nice picture. This is as close as I want to come to one. E. M. Boehm Porcelain and Real lions teeth.

[doglegg]

I've always had a job that caused me to be up long before the sun does. That has allowed me to enjoy some amazing sunrises. This is this morning. I always like things in the skyline, a tree, windmill, or a feedlot elevator.

Wow, that is worth being up for. In my working days the sun rise was always a plus for me as well. You back in the panhandle or still in Colorado?

[doglegg]

In the news while Michigan categorically denies that we have Cougars, sans mountain lions a trail cam has picked up a nice picture. This is as close as I want to come to one. E. M. Boehm Porcelain and Real lions teeth.

Lots of bob cats around here but have to go deep south or east or west in Texas to find mountain lions. I like the porcelain pieces and the lions teeth.

[espn77]

Wow, that is worth being up for. In my working days the sun rise was always a plus for me as well. You back in the panhandle or still in Colorado?

I'm still in Colorado but Colorado has changed a huge amount since I lived here 15 years ago

[TwoFlowersLuggage]

Awesome sunrise picture! Montana is supposed to be the "Big Sky Country", but Colorado is looking mighty big to me!!

[jerryd6818]

Montana is supposed to be the "Big Sky Country",

My son went to Forsyth Montana and stayed with his mother's cousin and her husband for his senior year of high school. I drove him out there and we took our time and saw the sights, South Dakota Badlands, The Black Hills of South Dakota and Devil's Tower. I had never been to Montana so when we left Devil's Tower I headed north and we picked up US 212 heading Northwest. Staying on 212, about 30 minutes later, I pulled off to the side of the road, got out, looked up and said "Oh my God. So this is why they call it Big Sky Country." It was awesome. Something that can only be experienced for the first time and in person. It was almost overwhelming.

[Steve Warden]

Very cool Eustace! Around here, if you find what looks like a colored gemstone, it is most likely a piece of glass from a beer bottle smoothed over by the ocean sand!

Sand glass is actually collectible ... I lived along the beach for most of my life before moving up to CT (though I’m still only 20 minutes away).. I knew a number of people who collected sand glass and honestly have seen books on collecting it... Value was all dependent on color of the glass - certain reds and blues were near the top if I remember right and I think the colors also reflected the age... After storms you could walk the beach and get pretty lucky... Also when I was fishing the beach I found my fair share of not only glass but other old interesting items... We have a clear base filled with all kinds of sand glass though my wife nor I didn’t seriously collect the sand glass ... Other cool items were very old coins that would wash up on the sand - I knew a guy who found lots of 1800s coins

On the Maine coast we called it beach glass. My grandmother had a large jar full of it. Popular item in the souvenir shops.

A few years back a lady got nabbed for putting shards of glass in a rock tumbler and then selling it off as beach glass. As you said, some colors do bring a pretty penny due to rarity. This lady tipped her hand by having an overabundance of "rare" beach glass.

[bestgear]

In Maryland on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay there's a place called Brownies Beach. When my boys were younger we would take them there after a storm to gather sharks teeth and tiny glass beads. The beads are reputed to be from the cargo of early ship wrecks that continue to wash ashore.

[TwoFlowersLuggage]

It occurs to me that it is rather interesting how the items found in the wild are now in two large categories: 1) natural origin; 2) human origin. And, what's more, we now "collect" (meaning to acquire and/or see value in holding) both. Pretty "rocks" at the beach can be man-made glass, shards of bricks or synthetic materials. Time is the great equalizer. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust...

Wow - I better get some more caffeine going before I turn into a junior philosopher!

[Old Folder]

My wife is the "Rock Hound" Here are just a couple in her collection.

She sent me the below web site info yesterday.
Next spring we are planning to visit Central Indiana to visit relatives, my wife also has friends not far from my home town. I have not been back to Indiana since 1961 and my wife has never been there.
She asked me "How far is Lake Superior from Central Indiana?"
I than read the website she sent me concerning "YOOPERLITES" Apparently these beautiful rocks can only be found in the Lake Superior area and only found with the help of a UV light during sun-set or sun-fall.

https://www.yooperlites.com/index.html#tours

What are Yooperlites?
Recently discovered by Erik Rintamaki, Yooperlite rocks are actually Syenite rocks that are rich in fluorescent Sodalite
In 2017, Erik went out on a beach in Lake Superior with a UV light and discovered dozens of these glowing rocks. To the naked eye, they look like gray rocks, but under the UV light, the mineral composite makes the rocks glow.
From humble beginnings, Yooperlites are now an internet and news phenomenon and have been featured on TV & news sites across the globe.

To enhance my interest she also sent me the below picture of a custom 9 inch Yooperlite handled Demascus collectors knife, made by Jeff Smith. Total length is 9inches. Viewed with and without a UV light.

(Any aapk members live close to Lake Superior?)

[Quick Steel]

Dan, Those photos are so very very cool.

[doglegg]

My wife is the "Rock Hound" Here are just a couple in her collection.

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She sent me the below web site info yesterday.
Next spring we are planning to visit Central Indiana to visit relatives, my wife also has friends not far from my home town. I have not been back to Indiana since 1961 and my wife has never been there.
She asked me "How far is Lake Superior from Central Indiana?"
I than read the website she sent me concerning "YOOPERLITES" Apparently these beautiful rocks can only be found in the Lake Superior area and only found with the help of a UV light during sun-set or sun-fall.

https://www.yooperlites.com/index.html#tours

What are Yooperlites?
Recently discovered by Erik Rintamaki, Yooperlite rocks are actually Syenite rocks that are rich in fluorescent Sodalite
In 2017, Erik went out on a beach in Lake Superior with a UV light and discovered dozens of these glowing rocks. To the naked eye, they look like gray rocks, but under the UV light, the mineral composite makes the rocks glow.
From humble beginnings, Yooperlites are now an internet and news phenomenon and have been featured on TV & news sites across the globe.

To enhance my interest she also sent me the below picture of a custom 9 inch Yooperlite handled Demascus collectors knife, made by Jeff Smith. Total length is 9inches. Viewed with and without a UV light.

yooperlite-rock-2.jpgyooperlite-rock-1.jpg20181026163141_1024x1024@[email protected]

(Any aapk members live close to Lake Superior?)

OF those are beautiful. That ammonite looks like some fossils found up around Baniff Canada. Beautiful. And those glow in the dark rocks. Wow.