"Show and Tell" this week wants to see a rock. I got this one some years ago from my favorite boss, who went on a vacation one summer and collected a small bag's worth of interesting rocks and pebbles for us in the Technical Services department. I chose this one because of its interesting shape, that fit so well into the curve of my hand. It is some kind of marble, and so I fondly imagine it from its once-cylindricalness to be the long-lost arm of some Grecian statue, perhaps even the Venus de Milo, broken off in the mists of antiquity, worn smooth by the sea, to be found by a librarian on a sandy beach in Mexico.
It is very beautiful.
Lovely.
Posted by: blackbird | May 25, 2006 at 09:28 AM
How big is this rock? I like the back story!
SL
Posted by: sarah louise | May 25, 2006 at 11:24 AM
I love the color gradations in the rock...it looks wonderfully smooth and cool. :)
Posted by: Marie | May 25, 2006 at 03:22 PM
Makes me want to hold it. I love the smoothness of rock.
Posted by: PJ | May 25, 2006 at 04:14 PM
Sarah Louise, it is just a little bit longer than my hand is wide, and so it fits perfectly.
Posted by: Jeanne | May 25, 2006 at 06:48 PM