Hand Crafted Sedona Red Rock Jewelry

These funky, contemporary, earthy earrings are hand crafted of sterling silver with bezel set Sedona Red Rocks. The sun/spiral motif has a bit of a tribal feeling to me. They are about 1.5 in long and retail for 110.00.
I have been rock hunting in the Sedona area, and found these in a dry creek bed near Cathedral Rock, off Chavez ranch Rd. Cathedral Rock is one of the Sedona Vortexes, a concentrated energy center, and one of my favorite places(so far) to visit when I'm in Sedona.

Yesterday on the chairlift, I met a woman who works on an Arizona tourism website. She told me that blogs can get more hits than websites when people are doing searches on the computer. So, as a preview to a website, I'm gonna start posting more of my work with brief descriptions(the more adjectives the better) and price. Thanks for your tolerance :)

widgets

I was mindlessly on the internet today and came across 'get a widget' on the U23D site. I didn't know what a widget was, so I googled. I now know what a widget is. It's a little game type thing or link to something else that one can put on their blog, website, myspace page, etc. So, I got a couple of widgets, they are on the right side of this blog. If you scratch the cat's belly, he will purr, on his head, he will meow. He looks like our cat, Joe. Kinda cute-for about 30 seconds. The Jackson Pollack is cool. Move your cursor around the white space and it will make a splatter mark. Every time you click, the color changes.

pool

This past Monday, we met with Chad from Sunsplash Pools and Spas, and today they started digging our soon to be inground pool. I had no idea things would be moving so quickly. We went with a saltwater pool, so we don't have to use chlorine to treat the water. It will be nicer for skin, hair, and overall health, I think. We are also putting in a solar heater. A bigger up front expense, but kinda green, and no future heating costs. The boys are thrilled, which is pretty much why we are doing it. I'm pretty darn excited myself! Pretty big expense, but will be much enjoyed for many years. We should be able to swim by mid to late March!!!

visitors

Yesterday, some EV friends came up from Phoenix for a quick visit. We went to the usual spot-Cathedral Rock in Sedona. It was a gorgeous day, and Hank and Arlene made a nice rock stack!!

saguaros

We took a little field trip south today. We went to Wickenburg, a little western town northwest of Phoenix. They were having Gold Rush Days, with a carnival, art fair, rodeo, blah, blah. Included in the affair was a major traffic jam and large crowds. Oh well. We got a little exploring in anyway.

On the way home I had to pull over to get some pics of the Giant Saguaros(pronounced 'swarro'). They are SO cool!! Each one has it's own personality. Sometimes they grow in little groups, which to me look like families. I think their arms give them a human quality. The middle picture with Max gives an idea of scale.

Notice how green the ground is in the third photo. I think we are a few weeks away from that up here. I didn't know grass grew in the desert!

Weather today: Sunny and about 75 in the shade :)

It's been pretty rainy here this winter. Quite nice. I will not complain about rain in the desert. I didn't want to write about the weather though.

Lots of our neighbors have horses. I'm gonna start taking some pictures from around the hood real soon:) Anyway, upon occasion, people ride their horses past our house. As time passes, I'm sure the novelty will wear off, but for now, I think it's the coolest. So yesterday, a woman on a horse is riding by the house, talking on her cell phone. Any thoughts?