Stones, a sunset and the surprise!

Good morning! i hope you are getting out and enjoying some of the summer. Los Angeles has had almost 30 days of below average temperatures but we don't feel it out here in the desert, it's just HOT!! lol
Well, this morning i did get a chance to actually upload some photos. i picked a few fun random ones that i hope you will enjoy. :)
First, i thought i would share some of the stones we found, when we last went rock hunting, back in March! The first is one of the best crystals we found.

the next two photos came from a different local location.
These are a few of the double termination crystals that i found.

And not too far from where i found those, we found cube stones. i forget what they are called but each one is squared!!!

The next photo is one of the sunsets i shot recently...only thing is that i had a cigarette nearby and the smoke got in front of the lens. i thought it looked pretty cool! :)

And last but not least, i have to share my newest surprise!!



wait for it...

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Meet Calvin but we call him Cali! :D
our 7 week old chihuahua/maltese boy.

What has been happening!?

Good morning! well, it is still morning here. hehe i sure have missed you.
Thank you so very much for sharing your earthquake experiences with me. it is amazing how many go through something so similar and yet live so far away. :)
is this summer FLYING by for you, too? It sure is here! We have been just keeping so busy. We recently closed in the porch to keep ALL desert critters OUTSIDE and no where near our front door! lol pictures will follow soon, they have been taken but not yet uploaded, as are soooooooooo many other things that are going on around here. i promise to get to them soon.
i do have some bargain photos uploaded and ready to share but i may not remember what i paid for the stuff by now. lol
i do know that we paid $8.00 for this cute wooden bench/storage unit and i LOVE it!

Here are a few items i picked up at a recent yard sale.

This lovely candle holder was $3.00. The last time we bought something like this from the swapmeet, we showed a glass vendor the bargain we bought and he turned around and offer us $35.00 for it and we RE-sold it, to him!! Don't ya just LOVE when that happens!? lol

i paid three dollars for this lot below.

And i remember these chia pet wer a buck fifty each.

we picked up this clock for a dollar, simply for the mini items! lol

This AWESOME jewelry box was only $4.00!


The vendor selling these necklaces, keeps dropping the price and they are now just $2.00 each!! One is garnet and the other labradorite which shines a vibrant blue when light hits it.

DH picked up this ring on one of the fridays he went yard sale-ing and i stayed home.
He paid only $2.00 for this LOVELY ring!

i paid two dollars for this lot.

a dollar for this pear box container.

i paid either a dollar or two for this Amethyst specimen that might be florite. :)
Either way, it's a BEAUTY!

i know it was only a buck for this stone necklace.

Odds and ends i picked up cheap.

one dollar for this necklace holder.

A few more chickens!!

i LOVe this long neck bottle we found for a dollar!

And we also paid a dollar or two for this opalite bracelet.

we did get a BARGAIN for these Brazilian crystals! Each one is flawles and BEAUTIFUL!

That's all i have uploaded so far but the dollhouse has three rooms that are almost completely done. Mostly i am waiting on doors and windows that DH will do. Right now he has been working on kitchen cabinets. and everything has been so much fun that we actually caught ourselves, this past weekend, standing back and just admiring how far we have come with our first dollhouse!! :) Thank you so very much for the uplifting compliments on our work! i really LOVE finding this to make and sharing them with you. :D
big HUGS to you. i hope you have a GREAT summer day and i will be back soon. Oh and i have another surprise to share so you KNOW i will be back soon! hehe

i felt my first

About an hour an a half ago, i felt my first earthquake !
i was sitting at this computer, playing a game (since i don't get online much lately) and it felt like someone bumped into my chair... i said "what the heck was that?" and DS then realized it was still kind of rolling!! Then we turn on the BREAKING NEWS about it and all they talk about is THE BIG ONE... everyone knows it's coming!!! On top of the uneasy feeling of my first one, i sure didn't want to hear about the "big one coming" !! sheesh!
i know my older DS, who lives on the East Coast, recently felt one too!!! i knew it was inevitable, since for every coastline, there MUST be a fault line!
Still very scary feeling. i would LOVE to know if you ever felt one too!! Thanks so much for sharing this moment with me. Have a GREAT evening! HUGS!! :D