What happened to playful moments? Playful thinking and ‘silly’ moments? Have we become so grown up, and oh-so- serious and too responsible to leave room in the day for a bit of play?

These were the questions I was asking myself this morning. A peaceful morning which offered me a (more…)

The Rose Theatre ring is inscribed in French: PENCES POVR MOYE DV with a heart and two crossed arrows. It means ‘Think of me, God willing’.

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Behold the rings I had fun with and which traveled with me everywhere, sharing my experiences:) I played with different combos and their colour reflected my colourful vacation. Delicious! A ring is a piece of jewellery you can see on yourself wherever you are.

It felt as if I was back home again and it felt glorious. The weather was fabulous and the outdoor (more…)

The family of Quartz has fascinating inclusions to look at. You are looking at an internal view of a colourless quartz.

The colourless variety is known as Rock Crystal and this particular gemstone is known as Strawberry Quartz due to the colour of the inclusions. Red and black, in needle form and platy, they are sometimes referred to as   ‘beetle

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Who doesn’t love the ‘jewel of the sea’! But at what cost in early times!!!

I bought this vintage photograph after being told they were pearl divers and it was called ‘Arab divers’.

This image of the men with clips on their noses is disturbing, don’t you think?! It aroused my (more…)

This goes to show whatever it is we’re climbing towards, through happy times or rough, the climb doesn’t have to get ugly:)) There’s beauty all around us. We just have to choose to see it and be mindful of the moment – one step at a time xx

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‘Rings’ by Rachel Church… a book that held my attention from beginning to end!

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Exotic India has always been a place I planned to visit ‘sometime in the future’, and I hope to do so soon. Aside from a transit one-day visit in India during my travels from Africa to Sri Lanka, India remains a mystery. The strong aesthetic of the jewels of an Indian bride brought me to this post.

The Indian bridal wear is a feast of colour, adorned with jewels from head to toe in large, luxurious and intricate designs in gold and precious stones.

I decided to look a bit closer to the different parts of the jewellery worn during the ceremony, to (more…)

No matter what we are or do in life, however we like to identify ourselves… the same principles apply to us all.

Life altering words carry life, high energy and great creative power.

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This interior view of a spinel immediately brings to mind the chains upon chains of different coloured lights that are wrapped around trees during special days! In Sri Lanka:)

You are looking at strings of hercynite octahedral crystals in an angular distribution in one plane (more…)