Pretty rocks and muddy shirts and PB&J ...

Have you ever been gemming?

 


Have you ever been given (after forking over $35) a huge bucket of dirt and rocks, and sifted through it searching for the tiniest speck of something?


 


Have you ever squished the chunks of mud through your hands, having it splash all over your clothes, and not care one bit because you just experienced the rush of discovering the ruby, or emerald, or smoky quartz in the middle?

 
 

It's really alot of fun. Don't do it to get rich, though. Even though I am now in possession of lots of gems, they need to be cut and polished and set, which takes more money than we're likely to spend, even if the pieces were really good enough to go to the trouble.

Then again, you can experience almost the same thing just by eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. At least if you're three.

 
 

So, we'll end up with a bowl of pretty rocks. And an afternoon of good memories.