Monday, August 19, 2019

Rocks



I was raised in Michigan, where you couldn't put a shovel in the ground without hitting a rock or ten.  Mostly conglomerates of granite, limestone, slate and quartz left by glaciers after the last ice-age.  From there I moved to Florida, where there are no rocks, a few limestone formations but they are in odd out of the way places, most of the state is a gigantic sandbar waiting to be washed back into the sea.  

Last month we visited the Washington Coast, I am always taken by rocks and ocean.  The rocks washed and ground flat and smooth by econs of ocean action.  Yes, I brought home a small bag of rocks.  

What are the rocks like where you live?      

17 comments:

  1. I know many people who have rocks in their heads! (snark)

    rocks here are not smooth; they are pieces of broken mountains.

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    1. I thought about rocks in my head when I posted this.

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  2. We’re on a Sandy beach where the boulders were brought in. But some beautiful Rocky Mountains nearby.

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    1. One of the things I like about the west coast of the US, the the beach and mountains being near one another.

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  3. We've got lots of rocks in Canada, especially in the Rocky Mountains and the Canadian Shield, which is just one big rock.

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    1. I need to spend more time in Canada

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  4. "Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me." Rock on, dude! I never really notice rocks until I step on a sharp one in bare feet (me not the rock), and that's only if gravel counts as rock. There is an odd sound when I shake my head sometimes. It's probably marbles instead of rocks.

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    1. We found my mothers marbles when we were cleaning out the house, in a box

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    2. @deedles - I remember that song!

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    3. @Anne Marie-"At the end of my rainbow, lies a golden oldie, woo woo!" or something like that :) A person can really feel old while listening to that song and recognizing all of the references.

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  5. I love rocks, which is inspired by name. I have lots wherever I am and when I am out and about I am looking at them. There are lovely rocks here in AZ, some of them quite red.

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  6. I have collected rocks since I was a child. Usually bring back a small rock from my travels. I started off displaying them in jars, but when my collection outgrew that and I had my own house I made a rock garden. Just the lot casually strewn in a corner of my yard.

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    1. Each one tells a story

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    2. If your rocks are telling you stories, you may need help, David! At least that's what my nonexistent therapist told me.

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  7. We have sandy beaches here......with the odd small well worn stone....

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    1. Worn smooth by the ages, are the best

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