My cold black heart

Today's heart(s) 

are a selection of 

appropriately shaped stones,

collected over the year.

This black black heart shone out at me during a wet and blustery day as we walked along a rocky beach. Our heads were bent away from the stinging wind as we tried to keep out the cold and rain, so instead of looking at the far distant views of islands and horizons, we were focused on our immediate surroundings, our world has shrunk to the the area around feet. 

The wet stones looked lustrous and glossy in deep shades of quartz slashed burgundy, white and russets with the rare black pebble.

Then my eye fell upon this one, 

a black heart-shaped nugget with a thin drizzle of quartz mirroring it's outline.

I picked it up marveling at it's appearance and solid weight.

I felt it's icy wet  lobe-like structure and was delighted - what a treasure!

I placed it in my coat pocket and as we trudged back, still hunched against the weather, 

I could feel the black heart thumping against my leg.

And follow this link to see what hearty  hullabaloo happened on this date last year.

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Now, off to do some sewing - I'm trying something different! Might show you......might not! (Oooh what a tease :)!! )