Five began last fall.
Just two have not yet rotted.
More rocks are ready.
– Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, –
– above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). –
– above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). –
Gourd Counts
Mellow Curmudgeon 
I like your seasonal displays of nature. I’m curious about the green rocks — what makes them so green?
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Trying again to get the “corrected” image to show directly here:
https://mellowcurmudgeon.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/img_8274_rot1_crop.2_840x744-1.jpg?resize=214%2C214
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I actually managed to pull a complete image out of your first email. Thanks.
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Thanks.
I suspect that the small rock in front has veins of the mineral olivine. When not so pure and polished as to form a peridot gem, olivine tends to be that kind of greenish gray :
https://www.hbarsci.com/products/hesng0023
Seen in real life, the large rock in back is a black/white granite with no green tint. Belatedly realizing that I should try correcting the white balance by choosing a pixel from the white cabinet edge in the image, I found I could get a more realistic slight green tint on the small rock at the cost of a slight pink tint on the large one:
https://mellowcurmudgeon.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/img_8274_rot1_crop.2_840x744-1.jpg?resize=214%2C214
Correcting white balance is witchcraft. Any preference? I can swap in the “corrected” image easily.
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I’m happy with whichever one you prefer, Mel.
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I like both too, and the tie breaker is that keeping the original uncorrected image is even easier than swapping in the corrected image.
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