For those who don't know I am a lapidary artist/gemcutter specializing in North American Gemstones. I work with any and all rocks and crystals with the exception of diamonds. Some stones are good for cabochons

Today I decided to take things slow and enjoy the simple pleasures of being aliveandthriving here in the Ozarks. My first stop was a special place for me and @madame-cyntaia. This is a seasonal creek,

Today I got out early for a walk with Mrs Mia, we are trying to beat the heat so we leave around 8-9 in the morning after the oh so important coffee and waffles. There wasn’t much new to see on our morning

Woke up early today knowing that it would be getting up into the mid 80’s today with humidity over 90% so I wanted to get out and about early. It was very pleasant this morning with a low hanging clouds

It’s been a bit rainy here in the Ozarks the last couple days, but this morning it looked beautiful so I decided to chance it and go. The sun breaks lasted about five minutes, ghen then the rain came again.

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Today started off early, watching @madame-cyntaia head off to work at 5:45am. After slamming down a couple cups of the good stuff, I decided to hit the trails before it got too hot and humid, and usually

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Today I didn’t get up and moving fast enough to beat the heat and humidity so I decided to do a quick paved trail hike instead of going through the forest. The planters at the park had some nice flowers

The adventure started when my son decided to take blacksmith lessons. We got him a 3 burner forge for Christmas, and the rest of the family picked up the apron, tongs, and hammer. The final piece of the

Yesterday I spent the night in the big city with @madame-cyntaia for my birthday. So when she had go to work early this morning I hopped in the car and made the long haul back here to Ozarklife. After

Woke up early today to hang out with my lovely wife before she headed to the big city for the work week, she leaves Monday morning and comes home Friday evening. After saying goodbye I toasted some bagels

Today @madame-cyntaia and I had a quick breakfast then headed out for a local #ozarklife hike. Tagging along as always was Mrs Mia our curious little pup. It was a beautiful morning, not to hot and a bit

Today I woke to the birds chirping, welcoming the bright morning sun. With the power of coffee and a good breakfast @madame-cyntaia and I took Mrs Mia for a walk. The morning was still cool and we decided

There has been plenty of rain here in Ozarklife this spring, the seasonal creeks are full and making peaceful bubbly sounds. With the sun shining down, and Mrs Mia with fresh dose of flea and tick medicine

Today was scheduled to be off but wouldn’t ya know it my hostess had to turn into a dishwasher and a server called in, so off to work I went. Everything went well and some of the guests left sweet treats

Ah, to be up before the break of day coffee in hand looking forward to an aliveandthriving day here in Ozarklife. The sunrise was nice today, but not as bright as some mornings. Not too bad for just wandering

Hello Actifriends as you all know usually I love to tell you all about the beauty and all the wonderful things about Ozarklife. Today was a very blunt reminder that I’m no longer in the PNW. Today a regular

Well hello actifriends it’s been awhile. Things have been busy here in ozarklife with madame-cyntaia going back to college and me still doing the restaurant manager thing, no worries though we are

Today I woke up wide awake and ready to face the world. I woke up the kiddo for school and started preparing for the day. As I looked around outside as the sun was rising I noticed an explosion of colors