This stone has a funny story behind it.  A friend of mine goes to garage sales a lot and got me this slab of green rough at a garage sale.  Green is my favorite color so I started cutting it and noticed it literally foamed up when I cut it.  I've never seen a stone that did that before so I asked an online group about what it could be and it turns out it is asbestos.  The guy that told me said 'You didn't buy that at a recent show I can tell you!'  Anyway, I figured I might as well finish it since I'd done the rough cut.  So this is what asbestos looks like cut into a cab . . .

More boulder opals - I really lucked out on getting that second one in a lot - I think the seller should have sold that piece of rough individually - but it worked out great for me!

This is what I love about cabbing stones versus faceting - this moss agate has all sorts of colors and patterns in it but it would be considered scrap for faceting.

This plume agate is similar - it reminds me of a thunderstorm.

Two new trees - I have to admit really liking black and white shaded things in general - so I really like that tree.

This one is much bigger - it is a coyote skull - sort of a life out of death type thing . . .

This is a fox skull - I really like this one.  The cranium was broken when I got it so I painted a rough nighttime scene on one side and a daytime scene on the other side (painting is not my strong suit but I think you get the idea).  I figured foxes probably think about that sort of thing . . . I'm not the best photographer but you get the idea . . .

I'm teaching my best friend to do wire wrap so I promised I'd post pictures of her pieces everywhere I post pictures of mine - she's doing great for just learning!