Planetary Watches
Seen these advertised lately, and while I've given up on collecting (yeah, that's why, not the 'price tag') - trying instead for a more "Zen" and less possessive approach to life, there's still something to be admired:
#1) Van Cleef & Arpels Midnight Planetarium Poetic Complication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw5S2-T-Ogk
and
#2) Jacob & Co Astronomia Sky Watch: https://www.2luxury2.com/captivating-watch-complications-jacob-co-astronomia-sky-with-celestial-display-in-three-dimensions/jacob-co-astronomia-sky-watch/
and... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnND5Jr9NcY
#3) Christiaan Van Der Klaauw Planetarium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_fuu8vMjgo
That's only the beginning, but it's enough. They are beautiful.
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Your Ward News
I know too many people who take this shit seriously. Seriously folks...
That said, I read it and I find myself uncomfortably agreeing with a lot of what they are saying...
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On The Road - Jack Kerouac
I thought I'd read it, picked it up for the daughter. But I dipped in, to refresh my memory, and discovered I hadn't.
It was good, great, not at all politically correct, but therein lies the joy. I enjoyed it, appreciated it, but I've been a couple of years on the road myself and needed a break, this wasn't it.
Nonetheless it's a great book.
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Treasure Galore
And because I haven't been online, not regularly, not with a computer, there's a lot of treasures I've missed.
I mean a lot.
Here are a few to catch you up to speed:
https://www.space.com/42084-valuable-michigan-meteorite-used-as-doorstop.html
The fact that it was saved as a doorstop is remarkable - that it was recognized and/or saved at all; and I've never passed by a farmer's pile of rocks on the edge of a ploughed field without wanting to stop and search it for artifacts or other such rocks of interest.
Now I'm stopping.
And the 177 Carat Diamond from Rio Tinto's Diavik mine in the NWT:
http://www.mining.com/rio-tinto-unearths-260-carats-diamonds-rough-diavik-mine/
And a 1500 year old sword pulled from a Swedish lake, I like the first person narrative and photo so this article before the rest...
A good sized gold nugget in the UK:
And, really, believe it or not there's got to be bigger ones here in Alberta. Believe it or not. It's a big country...
Meanwhile, down under, Lasseter's Gold Reef get's some press (not new, merely an afterthought I throw out because I found it while searching for something better...):
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/05/the-mysterious-lost-gold-of-the-australian-outback/
which is listed under found because if you do some searching there are some claims on it...
But that wasn't what I wanted to show you, it was:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-10/rich-gold-seam-half-a-kilometre-deep-in-kambalda/10219576
And, finally, this, which is just too cool - it's not old, not natural, but like hobo-nickels I could see these entering circulation and passing most of us by...
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