Snakes and Stones

[Lord Sorril]

No rest for the wicked, or so they say.

I get very little rest-thus I must be very wicked.

Some people may consider it work...but, I consider the time spent on my rodents/snakes/stones my 'down time'.

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Photo #138

First photo of 2021: Pastel Het Axanthic with some tumbled/polished bead glass.

Side Story: I held back three 66% Het VPI Axanthic females and raised them up and crossed them this year with a VPI Pastel Axanthic male (I also produced) and all three females failed to prove...! There are going to be a lot of plain/pastel Het VPI Axanthics in my 2021 photos...

As for bead glass: some say it is tough to tumble, and some people say easy...rounding out and removing imperfections in a rotary, and then finishing a vibratory tumbler makes the process easy (imo).

(Very Loud) Video below of me finishing the batch of bead glass that I used for Photos #'s 138-141, and #'s 150-153.

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Photo #139

Blue-Eyed Leucistics work well in any photo. The problem I have is that all of them look the same...I guess I'm more of a pied guy myself...
Been producing Super Lessers (Het x Het) for a few years with no eye issues or other defects, I don't want to push my luck with HO x HO.

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Photo #140

HGW/Lesser (Soul-Sucker), some Bead glass (man-made), and some Banded Obsidian (natural glass).

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Also, a little off-topic, but, a 'large' beetle fell down my chimney last night. I had to rescue it from the cats. Beetles larger than a quarter are uncommon in my area of the USA.
Here is a photo of the critter:

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Photo #141


I made a hodgepodge glass photo to see how it would look. Meh, I prefer separating the colors and making a pattern, but, it is a lot more work.

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My camera had a hard time with this piece of labradorite and subsequent flashback.
The refractive nature of the stone gave the light reflection from the top-down LEDs I used to illuminate it a blue tinge.

Photo #142A


Photo: 142B


My dark room snake photo technique aside, under normal lighting: