YIPPEEEEEEE KI AYEEEEEEE

WELL, THEY HAVE CERTAINLY ARRIVED AND ARE DROP DEAD SPECTACULAR! WHAT YOU SAY, IS ALL THAT? MY TREASURE HUNTING ADVENTURE HAS REALLY COME TO PASS...THE GARNET STONE IS A HUGE RING, THE GARNET IS SET IN A LARGE BASKET, GOLD RING......AND I AM LOVING IT!!!! JIM'S AQUAMARINE STONE IS FITTED INTO A PENDANT IN WHITE GOLD....AND TRULY LOVELY!!!! THANK YOU JIM, FOR GIVING IT TO ME, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT ROCK HUNT!!!!!! .....SINCE THE AQUAMARINE STONE IS SET IN WHITE GOLD, I CAN WEAR IT WITH MY SILVER CHAIN. AT LEAST A 22 INCH CHAIN I GUESS. NEVER HAVE I HAD ANY JEWELRY SO BEAUTIFUL, AND WHAT A WONDERFUL THING TO BE ABLE TO "THINK," WE FOUND THEM OURSELVES!

NOTHING COMPARES TO THAT IN THE LINE UP OF NEWS. ALTHOUGH ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE SHOPS, "THE CHARM SHOP" DIDN'T JUST GO OUT OF BUSINESS A YEAR AGO, THEY MOVED TO THE OTHER END OF THE STREET, ABOUT 4 BLOCKS DOWN, AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE IT WHERE IT IS, AS YOU HAVE TO WATCH FOR THE LIGHT THERE, AND CARS TURNING LEFT AND RIGHT.

WELL, I DID GO IN, AND IT IS OWNED BY MY FAVORITE PEOPLE....AND THEY STILL SELL THE VERY BEST OF MY FAVORITE THINGS.

MONA, YOU WOULD LOVE THIS SHOP....IT FEATURES THINGS MADE OF LITTLE BIRD NESTS, AND HAS ROBBINS EGGS IN THEM, ALSO.....AND THEY HAVE WONDERFUL GARDEN ANGELS, AND ORNAMENTS AND ACCOUTRAMENTS....(BUT NOT AS MUCH, AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR) AND SO MANY THINGS OF THE 1800'S...LIKE LITTLE PURSES AND HATS AND PILLOWS, AND FOOT STOOLS, AND JEWELRY, ALTHOUGH I ONLY LOOK AT THESE WONDERFUL TRAPPINGS. BUT THERE IS ALSO ROOSTERS, AND CHICKS AND HENS, AND LOADS OF RABBITS.....AND LITTLE OLDE FASHIONED NOTE CARDS TO PUT ON PACKAGES....VERY UNUSUAL VASES AND DISHES.....HMMMMM, I THINK, I NEED TO GO IN THERE THIS WEEK AND JUST DROOL ON EVERYTHING. SANDIE M. YOU WOULD ALSO LOVE THIS LITTLE PLACE! IF YOU COME HOME THIS WEEKEND, PERHAPS I CAN TAKE YOU THERE, WADE.

AND LAST OF ALL, HELLO TO STAN AND PAT...NOTICED ALL THE WORK YOU ARE DOING ON YOUR LATEST PAINTING, STAN, AND IT IS TERRIFIC! I ESPECIALLY ENJOYED THE SKETCHES YOU DID AT THAT GREAT ART CLASS. I JUST LOVE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS HERE.

MORE NEXT TIME...I AM BUSY SORTING FOR THE BIG MOVE....WYOMING, WE ARE REALLY COMING!!!!