Some heirloom purple potatoes starting to sprout up in the garden. I've also got a fingerling type and, some red one's coming up, as well. They are really nice when they flower. When they do I'll post

The spring time in California is an amazing time. There is such a variety of different wildflowers from spring to early summer. My girlfriend and I took a drive up to Table Mountain near Oroville Califonia

The sun came out today, so I decided to take the metal detector out to play. Went to this weird old a-frame building the city owns. Not really sure about the history on the building, but it's old. Played

Never was a big fan of crack, I like gold in my vile. Not even sure if crack stills exists. All I here is strange tales that kids smoke bath salts and eat tide pods nowadays. Pretty odd behavior but that's

Here is a specimen of agate I found in California last year. In this close up shot you can see the Carnelian (red) color Agate veins running though this quartz. It's pretty rare to find any good Carnelian

This wonderful little plant is called "miner's lettuce." In 1849, during the California gold rush, it helped keep the miner's from starving. After a harsh winter without many vegetables and greens

This was a fun photo shoot I put together last year. Pretty good collage of my artwork. Everything besides the turquoise skull was handcrafted by "Dirty Hippie Designs." I'll make some detailed

Not the hugest fan of posting a selfie on social media. Enjoy the rare glimpse of me in my native habitat, vending tiedye t-shirts. Please give me a follow here and on Steemit. Looking forward to growing

Isn't this a #beautiful red #rose ? I love how the rain drops bead up so perfectly. This #photo was taken a few years back in Santa Rosa California. Luther Burbank said it was the chosen spot on earth

Radishes are probably the easiest thing you could ever grow in your garden. Some breeds grow from seed to harvest in as little as twenty-five days. It usually takes about a week for the seeds to sprout.

Here's a beautiful cabochon of petrified whale bone I cut a while back. I've been dealing with some mystery chest pains, so haven't got much work done. This will be one of the first things I finish after

This is a beautiful specimen of petrified redwood tree I found a few years back. Those thick lines in it where once the growth rings of the tree. I've never found another piece quite like it. Usually I'll

As promised in a previous post I started to hammer out this Obama silver round. It might take me a while to get around to making some jewelry out of it. I'll just leave it like this for now, until I need

Here's a beautiful cavern of druzy crystals in a piece of petrified wood. This is one of my favorite pieces I found in California. I love the orange colors under the layer of crystals. Hope you enjoyed

Here is a really neat shot of a honeybee. He's just about to land on a wildflower called borage. Chasing bee's probably isn't the best hobby for someone who is allergic to them, but I wasn't going to pass

Beautiful succulent I found hiking in Northern California last spring. We get some amazing wildflower blooms when we get enough rain. Last year was one of the best years I've ever seen. Hope you enjoy

I'm not gonna cry about how long it took me to polish this petrified wood up. At least It didn't take me millions of years to make. Nature seems to have a bit more patience than I do. In this fast paced

Here's the pretty part of one of my neglected projects. Trying re wire all the spots the rats ate through. Not sure if the battery needs more juice or they ate through the starter wire's. It's just clicking

Finally got around to taking some decent photographs of the gemstones I cut recently. This piece of Jasper is one I found last year at the Black Butte Reservoir in California. The contrasting colors are

After having one of the warmest winter I've experienced in California, all of a sudden we got a couple inches of snow. It's been a couple years since the last good snow storm. Had to take advantage of