Elkay..You furry, feathered and finny friends are exceptional. Their history is so sad. While reading your post, I felt like crying. Terribly depressing. People can be so damn cruel. Thankfully, they now have a happy, secure home with loving parents. In pic one, Kodi's eyes look blue. Are they? It's sad hearing shelters are over-crowded. For those who can't afford it, there are places where spaying and neutering is done by how much a person makes. Lower income families, etc. The woman who dropped Kodi off is a horrible person. Too bad stricter laws aren't made for people like her. She and other monsters should not be able to buy/adopt any pet. If they do, the pet should be taken w/o legal BS, and she should be fined. A steep fine. If the fine can't be paid, 'and since jails are crowded,' she should, at the minimum, be ordered to complete several hours of community service. If it was up to me, she'd be chained to a pole, given stale bread and dirty water, three times a day. Your Conure is a beauty. Yes, they're talkers, but need to be talked to daily. Repeated words, then phrases. They're tinny voice is so cute. Conures playful and acrobatic. Little clowns. Do you clip his wings? Although he's older, if you clip, then sit down and talk/play with him on a daily basis, he still might talk. Birds listen and watch their parents/us. You'd be suprised what they'll repeat. So, watch your language. lol. Love your blue Betta..Aren't they the best? Purple...so is the Dane in the picture your dog? I love Danes. Do you know his weight. Funny story about your gate. lol. You've got some intelligent canines in your neighborhood. Don't get upset, they only want to play. :) Rachel..Another cutie. Bogie sees something out the window he wants to play with..Whatever, he's interested and very curious. :) Larry. At first glance I thought they were twins..Beautiful colors. Think they enjoy having their pictures taken. Asleep. Pets are enigmas for sure. Do you have sand or gravel in the tank? I used to breed Bettas, among other fish. They'd dig gravel, like dogs dig garden soil. I've seen Betta's digging, but they never hid underneath. How long was he gone? Sheesh, I'd have assumed he jumped out of the tank. lol. My photos are stored on Flickr. Flickr changed format, so I don't know if I can dl pics here. Wish they'd let sites be. Toni

Interesting! Thanks, Pammyfay. She wasn't a bad artist! Re the jewelry, I wish they'd shown us that pink diamond. I don't know much about diamonds, so I looked up the D-color. Apparently it's the highest quality: colorless. It's somewhat sad to see the photograph of those two pretty young girls in their big hats, with their father--no idea of what lay ahead for them. (As if any of us know that.)

Hard for me to tell - however - it DOES look like a natural stone, and it looks like the stone is 2CM. I has some of the qualities of Polar Blue - except not so much blue.... HA! This is one that I have not seen before - it could be a newer species of material that is new to the marker... I dunno.. Have you back tracked to where you got the stone? Perhaps the Fabricator that you got it from may have a pick ticket from the distributor that they sourced it from??? Hopefully VR James will chime in on this thread - I would think that he'd have better handle on this = as he IS a distributor... hth kevin PS - It's a VERY NICE looking application!!! GREAT Workmanship - especially on the turndown for the front edge - nice detail work!!!

Now you're posting about Huguette Clark? What a coincidence! LOL I don't have time right now to read your link but, in passing, I heard something on tv last week about her. Will have to come back to this thread later today.