Fossil-viewing
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Constance and I went on an expedition on our day off, to the site where the fossils originated from…
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View from the hill
We are very very lucky – the site is presently closed to the public while plans for an Interpretation Centre are developed, but we had special permission, and were in the company of the Museum Paleontologist! We had quite a hike up the hill from where the car was parked.
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Stone leaves
All these little pieces of stone have a story to tell…they sometimes fall open, like a well-read book…
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Rock hammering
…and some stones have to be persuaded to tell their tales.
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Leaf
This fragment is telling the story of the metasequoia tree!
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Deformed striations
Constance was really glad to see the fossil beds.
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Part – counterpart
The work of packing the fossils seems even more interesting now that we have actually stood in the place they came from.
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Pondering
Now we can imagine the lush warm forest at the edge of a lake, insects and flowers under the trees, curious fish in the lake below…what an incredible place it is! Isn’t the world wonderful!
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Quimper Hittys 
OMG, “K”, What an incredible place to be. Our planet is sacred, majestic and hopefully will continue to be revered by enough humans to last far beyond our lifetimes. Our planet truly is Eden.
Constance holding her geology pick is precious.
Constance and I are so lucky – it is such fun and a real privilege to work here with these fossils.Constance loves her rock hammer!
It must have been a beautiful lake and forest then, and it’s beautiful now as a wide open space with stories to tell.
I think so too, it is an interesting sort of double-vision.
Thank you for being one of the Earth’s storytellers! Your gifts are precious and appreciated!
Thank you very much. Constance and I are happy to share our views of the world, we are so glad you appreciate them!
..and the Earth just keeps changing. Thank goodness for trees and little wooden people.
The world surely does keep changing…and Constance and I both agree that trees and little wooden people make our lives lovelier!
wonderful photos and notes. Love that Constance found a leaf fossil!! That little hammer!!
Isn’t that a lovely Ginkgo leaf, with part and counterpart! Constance was so glad I remembered to bring her rock hammer!