Snakes and Stones

[Lord Sorril]

I am not religious, but, the Pagan Fair in Belmont NH 2024 looked like it would be interesting to visit. The Fair is relatively new, and I just happened to see an advertisement while browsing ongoing events in New England.

You might wonder what sort of attendees showed up? I did not see many, but, most of them looked fairly normal with the exception of tattoos, excessive amounts of jewelry, and some form of hair dye.
Everyone was very friendly, but, due to the low amount of patrons the vendors were very 'eager' to make a sale.
There was always someone playing an instrument or singing, some of them were quite good.

I found the entire experience to be enjoyable, but, the ragweed pollen was brutal....My gf and I had been hiking that morning at low elevation, and then the Fairgrounds themselves were completely surrounded by the wind pollinating weed.

On the way back from the Pagan Fair my gf took a picture of me dragging a big snapping turtle off the highway and I looked like a swollen caricature of someone having an allergic reaction to a bee sting.
36hrs and a pile of H1+H2 Blockers, and I look normal again, but, still feel like crap...Worth it though-No Regrets!























I wanted to buy the black dragon wreath below ($40).
I had the cash in hand, but, my gf did not approve (which took me by surprise). I thought they were pretty cool...
The artist is AmberLee Smock. You can find her artwork on Facebook: Brindled Dragon Creations


So, what did I buy?
I purchased a finished Pink Tourmaline in Quartz Matrix Sphere, and a Purple Dragon Pin.
The woman who sold me the sphere was playing with a short wave UVB light on her Volcanic Agate. Since she already had the light on-she held the sphere I was buying under it for fun. It glowed fiercely red in broad daylight-and we were both very surprised. She tested another pink tourmaline sphere that looked almost identical and nothing happened. She mentioned off-hand as I paid her-that if she knew it was *that* UV reactive that she would have marked the price up (lol...).

[Homebody]

The pagans seem to share your love of stones. You should consider converting.

[Lord Sorril]

The pagans seem to share your love of stones. You should consider converting.

Nah, religion is tricky business. Not my 'cup of tea'.

Photo #393

This Botryoidal Chalcedony was pretty ugly to start....so I ran it through a bit of tumble/polish.
Botryoidal = Having a shape similar to a cluster of grapes.
I could have rounded it out completely, but, I wanted to retain some trace of its original formation/shape.


BP is a Het for Piebald...and sharp eyes may see another gene there, but, it is so low expression I'm not going to bother to label it.

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #394

66% Het Clown/66% Het Lavender Albino with a piece of Jasp-Agate from the Mid-West USA.