Found: in ABQ

wing * stone * ephemera ::: Amulets to Protect & Portend ::: Handmade in ABQ, NM, USA

June 2019

No Rain in the Forcast

To lose thee -- sweeter than to gain
All other hearts I knew.
'Tis true the drought is destitute,
But then, I had the dew!
The Caspian has its realms of sand,
Its other realm of sea.
Without the sterile perquisite,
No Caspian could be.

Dusty blue gems and parched rattlesnake skin hang destitute, remembering the dew of spring.

Sterling silver, fine silver, silver solder, 24k gold, acrylic, aquamarine crystal, rutilated quartz, tourmaline, shed rattlesnake skin found in ABQ, butterfly wing

All the Agave Abloom

And then the day came,
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to Blossom.

Electric and blushing gems and wing take the risk to blossom like so many agave after a wet spring.

Sterling silver, fine silver, silver solder, acrylic, rose cut sapphire, Pecos "diamond" quartz crystal specimen found around Roswell, NM, boulder opal cabochon, gossular garnet crystal, molten bird feather from "Pretty Boy" the pet lovebird, moth wing found on a porch TX.

Ode to the Cholla Blossoms

Blossoms will run away,
Cakes reign but a Day,
But Memory like Melody
Is pink Eternally.

Pink gems reign among branches of green tourmaline and jade, like an eternal memory of a field of blossoming cholla cactus.

sterling silver, fine silver, silver solder, rosecut tourmaline cabochon, tourmaline crystal specimen, watermelon tourmaline slice, rhodochrosite stalactite cabochon, jade cabochon, rose cut sapphire cabochon, cicada wing specimens found in an ABQ garden.

Deep Shade

These Fevered Days -- to take them to the Forest
Where Waters cool around the mosses crawl --
And shade is all that devastates the stillness
Seems it sometimes this would be all --

Deep purple gems devastate the stillness of shady wing and petal.

Sterling silver, fine silver, silver solder, acrylic, boulder opal, grape agate specimen, garnet crystal specimen, rose cut amethyst cabochon, fig beetle wing specimens found in an ABQ garden, cosmos flower petal specimen found in an ABQ garden.

No Rain in the Forcast

To lose thee -- sweeter than to gain
All other hearts I knew.
'Tis true the drought is destitute,
But then, I had the dew!
The Caspian has its realms of sand,
Its other realm of sea.
Without the sterile perquisite,
No Caspian could be.

Dusty blue gems and parched rattlesnake skin hang destitute, remembering the dew of spring.

Sterling silver, fine silver, silver solder, 24k gold, acrylic, aquamarine crystal, rutilated quartz, tourmaline, shed rattlesnake skin found in ABQ, butterfly wing

All the Agave Abloom

And then the day came,
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to Blossom.

Electric and blushing gems and wing take the risk to blossom like so many agave after a wet spring.

Sterling silver, fine silver, silver solder, acrylic, rose cut sapphire, Pecos "diamond" quartz crystal specimen found around Roswell, NM, boulder opal cabochon, gossular garnet crystal, molten bird feather from "Pretty Boy" the pet lovebird, moth wing found on a porch TX.

Ode to the Cholla Blossoms

Blossoms will run away,
Cakes reign but a Day,
But Memory like Melody
Is pink Eternally.

Pink gems reign among branches of green tourmaline and jade, like an eternal memory of a field of blossoming cholla cactus.

sterling silver, fine silver, silver solder, rosecut tourmaline cabochon, tourmaline crystal specimen, watermelon tourmaline slice, rhodochrosite stalactite cabochon, jade cabochon, rose cut sapphire cabochon, cicada wing specimens found in an ABQ garden.

Deep Shade

These Fevered Days -- to take them to the Forest
Where Waters cool around the mosses crawl --
And shade is all that devastates the stillness
Seems it sometimes this would be all --

Deep purple gems devastate the stillness of shady wing and petal.

Sterling silver, fine silver, silver solder, acrylic, boulder opal, grape agate specimen, garnet crystal specimen, rose cut amethyst cabochon, fig beetle wing specimens found in an ABQ garden, cosmos flower petal specimen found in an ABQ garden.

This month began with the foothills ablaze. The grasses of a wet Spring had grown tall, and with no rain in the forecast, they were easy tinder. June is fire season in the West. The Sun is a sharp disk; the Sky is the pale blue of a distant wildfire; the hills are an old photograph.

Meanwhile, every agave in town has decided that this would be the year to risk it all. Each one has arranged a great orange and electric green alter upon the open Sky. The hummingbirds and the moths offer gratitude. Out East, on the cow-bit mesas, the cholla have made their own contribution--a wild celebration of pink all the way to the horizon.

The Sun is bright and glad--it has reached the Summer meridian, pushing the shadow all the way North, into a deep purple pool. Retreat here--the Sun is also sour and foolish.

wing * stone *ephemera

Amulets to Protect and Portend

Jewelry Handmade in ABQ, NM, USA