I loved collecting rocks as a kid. I’ve returned to this passion. I’m brand new to a FB group called South East Missouri Rockhounds and I’m brand new to owning a rock tumbler (a Thumler brand, Model B). A couple weeks ago I scooped up some rocks from a creek near Farmington, Missouri. I just finished washing them off after tumbling them for a week with rough grit.

Wow. Such details that I couldn’t originally see when I picked up the rocks. It will be fun to see how these look after several more rounds of tumbling, three weeks from now. I’ll somehow turn these into Christmas gifts, even if it’s merely little bags of tumbled rocks.