The world suddenly turned up looking and feeling a lot more sparkly beautiful. My heart magically in awe. A random person playing strings on the edge of the coast cliff. the sound and sun reflecting in the ocean waves making love with all my senses. My inner child carefree came out to play. I wanted to bring all these gorgeous pebbles and smooth tiny magical pieces of driftwood home with me
Sounds nice. Cool rocks.
Discussion
I was obsessed with rock tumblers when I was a kid. I begged my mom for one for like 6mo, and she finally got it for me for my 9th birthday. Tumbling rocks became my obsession for like a year. Then I developed other interests and sorts put the tumbler on the shelf. I'd still use it once or twice a year pretty much til I was 18, but I had a tendency to get really into something, and then once it went through my system, I'd get bored with it and move on to something else.
Thank you, for sharing. It's cool to hear you having been really passionate about a thing. What exactly do you do with a roxk tumbler?
You find interesting little rocks; ones with some colors and different textures. You want rocks that are about the size of a marble, maybe a little bigger. Then you put them in the tumbler with some grit and water, and turn it on. It's tumbles the rocks, and the grit takes the edges off and starts to smooth it out. After a while, you turn it off and remove the rocks and grit. Then, you put them back in with some more water and a finer grit, and let it run again. You do this a few times, each time using a finer grit. You end up with a totally smooth, polished rock with an almost glass-like surface. It really brings out the colors and details. You can build a little collection of cool rocks with various colors and detail.
This is what they look like at the end of the process.
Awesome. Thank you, for attuning me into the process. This make sense. Sounds like a real fun hobby for a boy.