When Earth Speaks

Happy New Year 🎊. Welcoming in the Fire Horse Year with some of the 2026 Colors of the Year, especially James Hardie's Iron Gray 🩶.

Gobo found a rock on this really cool massive boulder that has so many cavities that it reminds him of his home underground. But he's a brave explorer and we should take his lead and stay adventurous!

I found this piece of Pikes Peak Granite just hiking around Pulpit Rock Colorado, and that is Pikes Peak in the background, which itself represents a massive intrusive center.

It's like geocaching only better for the environment as you are looking for a geological feature and taking pictures. You can find earthcaching on the same websites as geocaching. Happy finding!

A blue opal stands full of energy in She-ra's sword of power. Opals are full of the same inner beauty we should strive to have within. Opals are divine and precious, like all of our young girls.

The stone featured is black tourmaline (with topaz fluorescent eyes); which is known for protecting people from negative vibes.

I thought it would be fun to create a rock spirit of the forest :) This portrait was taken in Black Forest of Colorado, which is said to be haunted. The most popular tale is the that of the Lee family home, which was featured on Sightings years ago.

This amazing stone looks very black unless it is held up to a light source, then you can see that it is indeed glass. Reminds me of the moon :)

Indigenous Peoples Day is October 13 and I look forward to celebrating with my rock friends! Physically I am a small part Blackfoot, but my soul is much more. Let's connect with nature and give thanks to the indigenous people in our lives.

I made it into a prehistoric love affair :) I'm really feeling the juxtaposition on this one. I've titled it Hunk of Burning Love ;)

It is now believed, due to archaeological finding to back it up, that the Vikings used sunstones like this to navigate by sun on cloudy days. So cool!! :)

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month; and to support I created some conceptual mineral photography that represents being body positive with a mineralogical pun featuring a natural pink crystal of inesite which has varying degrees of cleavage.

A Roc is a legendary bird of prey that is extremely enormous, and is said to be able to lift off with elephants! Although considered mythical, there are fossils of enormous birds of prey during the time of the megafauna.

Enjoy the ride!

A sieber agate is a rare glassy slag-ish material that is a by-product of copper smelting from very long ago, over 1,400 years ago!

Am I the only one who gets excited about any crystals in a game? 😄 This is from Forbidden Island, its flaming crystal embers from a cave.

It's National Tell a Joke Day, so here goes. Both groans and chuckles welcome.