A Preview (Times Two!)
Well…it’s taken me a little longer than expected (this, coming from the person who has perpetually become fifteen minutes late to everything), but I finished up some jewels. These two pieces, along with the three pairs of Juniper earrings, will be in the shop this Saturday, 7/17, at Noon Mountain Time. I’ll be sending an email reminder out, too, a little later in the week - but just know that there will be no password required as with previous restocks. Just refresh the page on the hour and the pieces should appear!
It’s possible that I won’t
Make it up to the mountains
This summer.
I’m like the bees -
Zipping above the waving grasses,
Always headed to the next flower
Around the farm -
And all that business has kept
The siren song that is granite and
Pine-scented air at bay.
But that doesn’t mean I won’t
Visit in dreams - because I know
The topography of my beloved alpine haunts like
I know the cadence of my own breath.
I may not be among the peaks,
But my heart stays tied to them, always.
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A luscious cut of Sonoran Gold turquoise sits atop a wide sterling band decorated with floral cutouts and a majestic lodgepole pine silhouette. On the very bottom of the band, so you can hold it close whenever you need, I added a nugget of 14k gold. Just think of it as a small reminder (just for you!) of the places that hold a little piece of your heart.
This ring measures a size 8.5 on a mandrel but will fit 1/2 size smaller due to the width - so it will best fit a size 8!
I’m always measuring the time
It takes me to do things -
Feed the horses,
Get a tomato plant from seed to fruit,
Fix up a house -
But there’s no denying that these
Seasons, which feel so long
To me, are less than a flash
In the wider sense of things.
The truth is that
Everything I build will crumble.
Everything I plant will have it’s day
Before night comes calling.
I don’t see this as a tragedy -
No, truly it’s more of a comfort.
It means I don’t have to fight so hard
To make a mark that will defy
Nature and Time - for that is impossible.
So I’d better just do what I do
For me and for the sake of doing it.
If I am here, in this small and suspended moment,
Stacking stones so they can one day
Tumble back to rest,
I’ll do so with lightness in my heart
Or not at all.
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An olive to blue gradient of Emerald Valley turquoise stones sit stacked and suspended below floral cutout medallions. A necklace to help you let things flow and fall and build back up with playfulness - the upper, sequin chain hangs like a 20 inch necklace and bottom of the turquoise pendant hangs 4.5 inches below. The chain is finished (and held fast!) by a hand-forged hook.
