Exploring is very important for writers, dreamers, lovers, and well, everyone, really. I like discovering cool things about my local area. So I visited the
Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals.
The museum building was originally constructed by Richard and Helen Rice
as their family home in 1952. Richard Rice, a logger by profession,
incorporated many rare Oregon woods, such as myrtle wood and quilted
maple, in the fabrication of their house. The Rices built a gallery in
their basement to display their amazing personal mineral collection. In
1997, the entire building was converted to a public museum, and an
additional gallery building was constructed in 2005.
I love learning how the world works. Learning just a little bit of this geology was enough to get my imagination firing.
Enough talk! Let's look at their amazing, mind-opening stuff.
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| I don't even remember what this is, but wow! |
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| The Charming Mother in Law with an enormous opal. |
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| Imagine the forces it took to create such beauty. |
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| The perfect place for a wizard to meditate. |
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| These agates make these "landscapes" all on their own! |
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| I could see a sort of fantastical entity hiding in here. |
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| Ancient Tiger skull. Yowza! |
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| I love Lapis Lazuli. |
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| What story do you see in this piece? |
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| The Rice's amazing house. |
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| This makes me think of the wings on my angels in the Blood Wings series. |
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| Can't you just see the feathers? |
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