Katie's Basement

headed out into the woods..

taken on a cruise with some vw friends through St. Louis.

taken at the graffiti wall in St. Louis, aka Paint Louis.

I have a thing for Petrified Wood. Rocks mixed with ancient trees? Yes, please. Just listed this beauty from Oregon in my Etsy. The petrified wood from this region is just so gorgeous!

handful of magic

These beauties are all available in my Etsy shop if one of them speaks to your soul!

Shot out the back window during our covid cruise. Frank LOVES the safari windows on his dad’s bus. This split is one of the VWs that we went to Colorado with last summer!

This beautiful fossil is that of an ancient Calymene Trilobite. It’s a beautifully preserved piece. Trilobites were very successful during their time on the planet, making these interesting fossils relatively common.

Trilobites, though now long exctinct, were marine arthropods (think spiders/crustaceans) that existed millions of years ago. The dates they occupied the earth range between 500 million years ago (the Cambrian period) up until 250 million years ago where they were wiped out along with most everything else during the mass extinction.

There are many different species and variations, and these interesting fossils are found in many different locations around the globe. This particular little soul was ethically sourced from Morocco. It’s currently available here.

more photos from our covid cruise

Covid Cruisin’

cruisin’

Did a social-distancing cruise with some VW friends this weekend. Stopped by the graffiti wall in St. Louis, aka Paint Louis.

Buckle in for some VW spam over the next few days… We cancelled the spring show due to covid, so a group of us decided to do a social-distancing cruise instead! It was fun to go for a drive around the city with some pals.

be still my heart…..

Azurite and Malachite on matrix, Mexico.

One of the larger pieces like this I’ve ever offered in my shop. It’s such a beauty! Azurite always blows me away with how very bright blue it can be! Beautiful!