Good evening to all you good people out there. Fwiw, Tucson hit a new record for high temp today, 86 degrees and all of us cooler weather types were sucking down liquids like no tomorrow. So, if next year you plan on making the trek, do what Leslie and I do. After checking in we go on a shopping trip for sunblock, cheap sunglasses, snacks, and most of all water, soda or whatever floats your boat as long as it keeps you hydrated.
So today was Jogs # 2. Just a final swing through to see if we could find the Blue Topaz people. Well, we did find the place again where I picked up that Persian Turquoise last Saturday. Turquoise, Topaz? Well they both start with 'T'. So that's close enough in my book plus he had some that I hadn't seen last time. This bucket had small pieces with little sparklies of Pyrite in them. So while Leslie was doing a fruitless search for some kind of finding, I amused myself by picking out pieces of this material. I also picked up some tips on cabbing it from the guy I turned the bucket over to when I was done. Pic above
A little while later, she left me alone again (She'll never learn ) and when she came back, she was the proud owner of four pieces of hydrothermal created Emerald. Something I've wanted to cut but never had a chance to do.
A lot of the Jogs show exhibitors put out anything from finished jewelry all the way back to rough and a lot of things in between. Tools, raw findings, semi mounts, you name it. Here's a finished Moonstone pendant and some Turquoise ones. And last of all, the booth where Leslie hit findings paydirt. Also before we bid farewell to Jogs 2025 we just had to stop one last time at the booth where I picked up that Lavender stuff last Saturday for some pieces I'd missed and some really neat cabochons for Leslie. Then we packed it in and headed for the Electric Park Show at the Kinos Sports Complex.
Yay! Not only is the parking free at Kino, a kindly soul waved us over to a primo parking that he was leaving. Thank you kind soul, whoever you are, you give me faith in humanity Now for the show, We'd spent longer at Jogs than we'd planned so had to cut short our stay today. Maybe we'll be able to fit it in on Thursday, our last day here. Nevertheless, we were able to hit a few dealers we especially wanted to see, namely Tom Orme from MT Lapidary and see what trouble he was up to. That trouble soon found us in the form of a 7+ pound brick of Charoite. Tom's Just over in Ravensdale yet I wind up always going to Tucson to see him. Go figger!
Leaving Tom, we wandered around the outside and found ourselves in a rock sculpture dealer, looking at one of his creations which I took the liberty of naming "Bathtime with Bhudda". And right across from 'ol Bhudda was a guy selling Thulite rough. Had to have some of that of course So lastly, we had to stop and pay homage to "Big Bux" the Diamond Pacific 36" slab saw. Sadly, our offering was $26,000 plus shipping too small to take him home with us.
A couple of notes. We're up at 6am every day and try to arrive at whichever show by 10am. That gives us 3 ½ hours to get our morning stuff done. Shower, breakfast, buy water or any other supplies and run errands. This morning that included taking 15 flat rate medium packages to the post office and getting them on their way to us. We've been generally getting back to the hotel around 6-7pm. And giving us time to pack, inventory and plan for the next day. It's a lot of fun down here but there's so much to crowd into each day so plan you trip accordingly.
Tomorrow: finish off as much of the 22nd St show and possibly the Northern half of the frontage street shows.
See Y'all tomorrow
Pete & Leslie
So today was Jogs # 2. Just a final swing through to see if we could find the Blue Topaz people. Well, we did find the place again where I picked up that Persian Turquoise last Saturday. Turquoise, Topaz? Well they both start with 'T'. So that's close enough in my book plus he had some that I hadn't seen last time. This bucket had small pieces with little sparklies of Pyrite in them. So while Leslie was doing a fruitless search for some kind of finding, I amused myself by picking out pieces of this material. I also picked up some tips on cabbing it from the guy I turned the bucket over to when I was done. Pic above
A little while later, she left me alone again (She'll never learn ) and when she came back, she was the proud owner of four pieces of hydrothermal created Emerald. Something I've wanted to cut but never had a chance to do.
A lot of the Jogs show exhibitors put out anything from finished jewelry all the way back to rough and a lot of things in between. Tools, raw findings, semi mounts, you name it. Here's a finished Moonstone pendant and some Turquoise ones. And last of all, the booth where Leslie hit findings paydirt. Also before we bid farewell to Jogs 2025 we just had to stop one last time at the booth where I picked up that Lavender stuff last Saturday for some pieces I'd missed and some really neat cabochons for Leslie. Then we packed it in and headed for the Electric Park Show at the Kinos Sports Complex.
Yay! Not only is the parking free at Kino, a kindly soul waved us over to a primo parking that he was leaving. Thank you kind soul, whoever you are, you give me faith in humanity Now for the show, We'd spent longer at Jogs than we'd planned so had to cut short our stay today. Maybe we'll be able to fit it in on Thursday, our last day here. Nevertheless, we were able to hit a few dealers we especially wanted to see, namely Tom Orme from MT Lapidary and see what trouble he was up to. That trouble soon found us in the form of a 7+ pound brick of Charoite. Tom's Just over in Ravensdale yet I wind up always going to Tucson to see him. Go figger!
Leaving Tom, we wandered around the outside and found ourselves in a rock sculpture dealer, looking at one of his creations which I took the liberty of naming "Bathtime with Bhudda". And right across from 'ol Bhudda was a guy selling Thulite rough. Had to have some of that of course So lastly, we had to stop and pay homage to "Big Bux" the Diamond Pacific 36" slab saw. Sadly, our offering was $26,000 plus shipping too small to take him home with us.
A couple of notes. We're up at 6am every day and try to arrive at whichever show by 10am. That gives us 3 ½ hours to get our morning stuff done. Shower, breakfast, buy water or any other supplies and run errands. This morning that included taking 15 flat rate medium packages to the post office and getting them on their way to us. We've been generally getting back to the hotel around 6-7pm. And giving us time to pack, inventory and plan for the next day. It's a lot of fun down here but there's so much to crowd into each day so plan you trip accordingly.
Tomorrow: finish off as much of the 22nd St show and possibly the Northern half of the frontage street shows.
See Y'all tomorrow
Pete & Leslie
