Ciara in Elk: "@JustFi Thank you! Say I, as if I made it mys..."

About 20 years ago, I saw an excellent rock. It was unusual, so I took a photo. But I couldn’t find the photo shortly afterwards and thought I’d deleted it by mistake. I was sad. I kept describing the rock to people, but they were strangely uninterested. I am clearing out my photo archive and I just found it. I am happy. I missed this rock. I thought of it often. I can show my rock to people now, whether they want to see it or not. You included.

That is a beautiful rock!

Thank you! Say I, as if I made it myself.

July 16, 2025 at 6:49:33 AM

You discovered the rock, took an amazing photo and described it wonderfully in the alt txt, so as good as making it yourself I would say

gotta +1 what @CiaraNi said.

@pascoda @JustFi :-)

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That's so nice of you - thank you!

@CiaraNi @JustFi maybe not so far off. We get beautiful little creations washed up on the shores of Lake Erie sometimes. In many cases I think they are man-made agglomerations, like brick veneer with mortar or pebbles embedded in concrete. After they are smoothed by a few years in the water, they can be the coolest things ever (IMO).

So maybe you personally didn't make this, but your species might have.

@guyjantic @JustFi That's an interesting and evocative thought. Thanks.

@CiaraNi @JustFi Curation is sometimes more useful than creation.