Kim Carroll: March 2009

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Rock Sculpture Changed

Passed by the house with the Rock Sculpture this weekend

and noticed it had been changed.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

"More than ever, it is the time to share what is good and beautiful in our lives, to reach out to one another with encouragement and support, to remind ourselves and those we connect with that no matter how tough times might be, there is always beauty and goodness to be found. "

~Staci Dumoski~

Managing Editor

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Monday, March 16, 2009

March 17, 2009

Happy St. Patrick's Day

My Grandmother Bertha Fields was always finding four
leaf clovers and she started framing them. I have 3
of her framed clovers. She past her luck of
finding four leaf clovers to me. Below is
a little story she wrote on the back of the frames.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Sunday Visit to Olin and Smoyer Galleries - Biennial Show

Roanoke College
March 13 - April 5, 2009
Olin and Smoyer Galleries
Biennial Show

Sandi D'Alessandro

Jeffery StockbergerGatherer with White Hat

Eric Fitzpatrick
Evolution

David EakinTurn in the Road, England

Ursula Dilley
Still Life

Betsy Hale Bannan
Sabre Rattler

Friday, March 13, 2009

March 6-8, 2009 - Fairy Stone State Park in Virginia

Beautiful weekend at Fairy Stone State Park in Virginia.

We stayed in Cabin 3 with views of Fairy Stone Lake

View out of Kitchen

Hiking Trails

Search and found Fairy Stones

More Fairy Stones and heart shape rocks.

The Legend of the Fairy Stone: Many hundreds of years before Chief Powhatan’s reign, fairies were dancing around a spring of water, playing with naiads and wood nymphs, when an elfin messenger arrived from a city far away. He brought news of the death of Christ. When these creatures of the forest heard the story of the crucifixion, they wept. As their tears fell upon the earth, they crystallized to form beautiful crosses.
For many years people held these little crosses in superstitious awe, firm in the belief that they protected the wearer against witchcraft, sickness, accidents and disaster. Fairy stones are staurolite, a combination of silica, iron and aluminum. Staurolite crystallizes at 60 or 90 degree angles, hence the stone's cross-like structure. Found only in rocks once subjected to great heat and pressure, the mineral was formed long, long ago, during the rise of the Appalachian Mountains. The stones are most commonly shaped like St. Andrew’s cross, an "X," but "T" shaped Roman crosses and square Maltese crosses are the most sought-after. The rare staurolite stones are found elsewhere but not in such abundance as at Fairy Stone State Park.