A Florida Winter

The national weather forecast says that winter is about over. We believe it - turned the air conditioning on today. When we get the RV out of the shop we're going to visit friends a bit north of here, and then in late March we'll be on our way to Graves Mountain. We didn't make it last October - the weather wasn't good for rockhounding.

We continue to turn our rocks into slabs, slabs into cabochons, and cabochons into jewelry. Finally got the Gypsypals online store up so please browse it. Comments more than welcome! You can sign up to receive occasional newsletters, if you're interested in lapidary or jewelry, or just seeing what we're learning.

Now we're busy exploring additional ways to make bezels for our cabs: precious metal clays and polymer clay. Our new kiln can also fuze glass, so we may have to add another section to the website!

Larry's mother will be 90 in May and is holding her own. Her new medication seems to be helping. We enjoy being able to visit her often and help to look after the care she receives.