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Saturday, December 25th, 2010Speaking of Shopping….
Sunday, December 12th, 2010I am a huge fan of buying useful things on trips…I have more clutter than I know what to do with at home. So, when buying souvenirs, I generally try to make them useful. I want something that will remind me of a great day, and make me smile. I’m also a fan of unusual jewelry (my wedding ring is gold inlaid quartz, a one of a kind thing of beauty)…so of course, I picked up a few great pieces on our trip of a lifetime:
Mom's Gift to Me ~ From Tamarindo, Costa Rica
This is a piece of a conus marmoreus, a carnivorous and poisonous shell, that has been polished and mounted with sterling silver. It’s about an inch and a half long. It’s beautiful. Mom insisted on buying it for me, at a great little shop in Tamarindo, Costa Rica, where she also bought some beautiful turquoise earrings.
In Puerto Escondido, I picked up a beautiful fossilized sand dollar for Mom. It, too, is just a tad larger than a quarter.
Fossilized Sand Dollar
Finally, as a remembrance of our great days out on the beautiful blue Pacific ocean…a sailfish pendant.
Abalone & Sterling Sailfish
The abalone reminds me alot of (in fact, it’s almost indistinguishable from) my Austrailian Blue Opals….alas, that is a different post. Suffice it to say, great memories!!!