New Baby Sea Otter

The Seattle Aquarium has a new baby sea otter. It's just too cute for words. The mother Aniak, gave birth to a baby girl Jan. 14th. The video show the sea otter pup nursing as Aniak floats on her back. It's well worth the trip to the Aquarium to see the new addition.

The Jeweler's Bench

It's been sometime since I've made any jewelry. So with the cold, wet weather & the fact I was snowed in for a week, it was time for me to return to the jewelry bench. I cut some new stones & created some settings using reticulated silver. The pieces with stones are set with sterling silver bezel. Here is a little description of the various stones in the photos. Larimar is a light blue gemstone which comes from the Dominican Republic, an island in the Caribbean. Morrisonite jasper, with wonderful patterns and various colors, comes from Idaho & is getting hard to come by. Botswana agate is from Africa & has such beautiful lines.