No, not me! While the blue bloods in New Orleans were busy pretending to be royalty during Carnival season, the Super Blue Blood Moon was appearing in Tucson’s desert sky.
As excited as I was on January 31st, somehow I slept through the vivid blood red sight of the eclipse in the morning. In my defense, rock hunting during the Tucson gems shows is intense. I did get a chance to see it rise again in the evening and then I got to howl at it for awhile.
Of course being in Tucson for the gem shows is a magical experience in it’s own right, and this year didn’t disappoint.
Here are some of the jaw dropping rocks and minerals I got to touch:
Tourmaline Slices
Rutilated Quartz With Hematite Inclusions
Geodes On Display
They even have groovy carved agate and quartz sinks and bathtubs for sale:
Agate Sinks
Every year I try to get to a show I haven’t gone to before (with 50 shows around town, that’s easy to do). This year I went to a show that consisted of old hippies selling hippie accoutrements, like these fabulous lamps from Istanbul:
Mosaic Lamps From Istanbul
If you want to check out some of my favorite finds that are now part of my h̶o̶a̶r̶d̶ collection, you can see them in my instagram posts (check the shots between cactus photos) here: https://www.instagram.com/ledajewelco/
I made it back to the Big Easy just in time for all the Mardi Gras hoopla. Hope everyone has a wonderful Fat Tuesday.
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