Taking a look at stones

At the end of our kitchen counter are a dozen or so beach pebbles – smooth and weathered. Every year we bring home a few more and to the collection we add seed pods and any other unusual organic objects we find. I confess I’m quite attached to this little pile and amongst it sits a smooth black shiny stone that the little one loves and he carts it around for days on end until I find it in some random spot and return it to the pile. I stopped to consider this today and could easily see why the fascination – it’s dark, cold, smooth and heavy. So many negative expressions include stone – as cold as stone, nothing is set in stone, a heart of stone… and yet somehow soothing. Why is that?

My stone finds are from top: Various Black and White Henna Designs on Natural Stone Tile Coasters by Killing Time Designs, Message Stone Custom Engraved Black Ocean Pebble by Monkeys Jewels, Forest Green Tree Tile Coaster by Paizley Polka Dot