October 2009

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Handmade Jewelry - Handmade Fox Turquoise Jewelry

Handmade Fox Turquoise Necklace
 
Green Fox turquoise beads and pendants
 

It seems that everyone likes turquoise. Documented use of turquoise in the new world goes back as far as 900 B.C.

Handmade Jewelry - Green Moss Agate

Handmade Green Moss Agate Bracelet
 
I've always thought of green moss agate as a very special stone. Especially good quality moss agate. It is said by some experts that technically moss agate is not an agate because it's not banded, that it's a form of chalcedony (a form of quartz), with green inclusions. But all agates are a form of chalcedony.

Sonoma Plaza - General Joseph Hooker House

General Joseph Hooker House
Sonoma Plaza
 
Down an alley in a courtyard at the northeast corner of Sonoma Plaza is the General Joseph Hooker house, which was recently reconstructed and renamed by the Sonoma League for Historic Preservation.
 
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Handmade Jewelry - Confessions of a Gemstone Junkie

A few of my favorite things
 

I have a confession. I have a serious habit. I love to buy and work with gemstone beads. It's an occupational hazard. Actually it's the whole reason I design and make jewelry.