Snakes and Stones

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #388

A piece of banded obsidian with a Pastel/100% Het VPI Axanthic/50% Het Orange Ghost.
Obsidian is always difficult for my flash photography...

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #389

Some Jasper from the west coast USA, and a Het Piebald BP (in shed).

[Lord Sorril]

I normally throw empty snake egg shells in the trash, but, last year I threw one clutch of empties in my garden (to see how long they would last).
Apparently they last a long time...nothing wants to eat them...


I also spend too much time puzzling on why there are 6 eggs and 7 snakes in a clutch...it takes me too long every time to figure this out.

[Bogertophis]

Well, when I throw frozen (to make sure) slug eggs into my garden, even when I bury them, they get dug up & EATEN by local wildlife. Apparently they're quite yummy. I'm guessing it's skunks, raccoons &-or possums that share this opinion. They even return to dig up the spot again after I fill the hole, just to be sure there's no more to be had.

[Lord Sorril]

Well, when I throw frozen (to make sure) slug eggs into my garden, even when I bury them, they get dug up & EATEN by local wildlife. Apparently they're quite yummy. I'm guessing it's skunks, raccoons &-or possums that share this opinion. They even return to dig up the spot again after I fill the hole, just to be sure there's no more to be had.

My wildlife must be more picky than yours!

Side story: I put a wildlife block out for a while, and I have about 100 hours of footage of a giant raccoon sitting on it and scaring away all the other animals.
Before he showed up though there was some variation.

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #390

Thunderegg with a Pastel/Spider/66% Het VPI Axanthic/66% Het Orange Ghost BP.

[Homebody]

Side story: I put a wildlife block out for a while, and I have about 100 hours of footage of a giant raccoon sitting on it and scaring away all the other animals.
Before he showed up though there was some variation.

This was really cool. Thanks for sharing.

[Lord Sorril]

This was really cool. Thanks for sharing.

Sure, you bet!
I don't make as many videos as I used to. Video editing is very time consuming and I spend my time on my other hobbies.

Photo #391

BP: Orange Ghost/100% Het VPI Axanthic
These stones don't look fancy-and they are not. Grey Basalt with quartz inclusions I collected from Maine (shown *dry*).
Basalt does not take a polish. Well...basalt does not take a polish for most people...been working on it for a few years now.
The original stone was collected from Maine (last stone shown at end of video below).

[Bogertophis]

Sir, you win the persistence award for the lovely basalt!

[Lord Sorril]

Sir, you win the persistence award for the lovely basalt!

Hahaha. Yay! Persistence award!
I also won a lot of passive aggressive comments by 'tumbling experts' in other online forums for polishing Basalt. Boo-hoo....

Photo #392

A larger piece of granite I polished from the Mad River in NH, and a Pastel/Orange Ghost/66% Het VPI Axanthic Ball Python in 'Blue'.
Here is an alternate view of the stone in 'more normal' lighting:

Fun fact: I was in the Mad River region of NH again today and my gf and I attended a 'Pagan Fair'.
There were more vendors than attendees at the Fair...many of them had an assortment of crystals and stones (mostly low-mid range quality).
Due to severe ragweed allergies and unseasonable heat we were unable to stay long, but, I was able to talk to some of the vendors-and I did pick up a stone for my collection.
(Pictures to follow-when I get the chance)