{"id":395,"date":"2008-12-20T14:00:34","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T21:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=395"},"modified":"2013-01-02T18:42:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T01:42:25","slug":"ever-since-hes-had-pockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/ever-since-hes-had-pockets\/","title":{"rendered":"Ever since he’s had pockets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pockets<\/p>\n

Greg came home with large rocks in his pocket today.<\/strong>\u00a0 He says he\u2019s been doing that ever since he\u2019s had pockets.\u00a0 I have witnessed it throughout our marriage.\u00a0 Rocks from the beaches.\u00a0 Rocks from the hills near home.\u00a0 Rocks from the rivers. \u00a0These latest rocks encase a fossil of a large snail like creature, purchased from a vendor at the Jade Market.<\/em>\u00a0 I was with him when he bought it.<\/p>\n

The Jade Market is under a large freeway overpass.<\/strong>\u00a0 Tables are arranged tightly for the whole large semi-subterranean block.\u00a0 On weekends, individual vendors sell all kinds of jade pieces.\u00a0 The colors varied from misty light green to deep kelly green to warm brown.\u00a0 There were loose beads in many sizes and shapes.\u00a0 Some jade was already set in jewelry or amulets.\u00a0 A few tables had carved decorative statues, big and small.<\/p>\n

\"pockets<\/p>\n

(above:\u00a0 section of overpass a half a block before the jade market.)<\/p>\n

There were many other things for sale, too, such as pearls, coral, ivory, jewelry making supplies, rubies and other various gems;<\/strong> again, all of this was under the freeway overpass encircled by the large closely spaced support columns.\u00a0 The rumble of traffic and the ground shaking from the intensity of it were usually not noticeable.<\/p>\n

There were many customers, some of whom who pulled up the little metal stool that was often in front of a table<\/strong> to examine the wares with a magnifying glass.\u00a0 The walkways between rows of tables was barely wide enough for two people to walk side by side, had they been completely clear of shoppers stopped at tables.\u00a0 If you didn\u2019t know were you wanted to go next, you had best find a corner to think.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t tell you about some of what I bought since it would ruin other peoples surprises<\/strong>, but I can tell you that when we got there Greg told me that we were Christmas shopping for me!\u00a0 But I\u2019ve now forgotten what we got me, just like I was told to.<\/em>\u00a0 I know I like it, though.<\/p>\n

\"pockets<\/p>\n

When we were done we went back to the table with the exotic rocks and fossils.\u00a0<\/strong> This table really wasn\u2019t like any other in the market.\u00a0 The seasoned geologist-salesman had a well worn book on rocks.\u00a0 It was in Chinese, but also showed the common English name.\u00a0 He also spoke English fairly well.\u00a0 He is under number 523, rather back in corner, where he says he has been every weekend for 12 years.<\/em><\/p>\n

Greg will possibly use the fossil with a cement project someday, inlaying it.<\/strong>\u00a0 Each half, roughly five inches in diameter, is already polished some to show off its colors and designs.\u00a0 He doesn\u2019t usually purchase his rocks, so I think he really likes it.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Greg came home with large rocks in his pocket today.\u00a0 He says he\u2019s been doing that ever since he\u2019s had pockets.\u00a0 I have witnessed it throughout our marriage.\u00a0 Rocks from the beaches.\u00a0 Rocks from the hills near home.\u00a0 Rocks from the rivers. \u00a0These latest rocks encase a fossil of a large snail like creature, purchased […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}