Katorina: This one's a handful, like The Mighty Deb!
Katorina: That's my size 8 foot at the base of this behemoth!
Katorina: The Mighty Deb gets strong armed by the long arm of the law.
Katorina: Same beauties, different angle
Katorina: Here are some of the beauties
Katorina: Different angle, same quartz crystals
Katorina: Pictures in the waning light of day
Katorina: These are some of the larger pieces that I carted away from the crystal mine.
Katorina: Quick collection device for the many loose crystals that I found at the crystal mine.
Katorina: One of my crystal mining buddies
Katorina: These crystals cover the whole top of my BBQ!
Katorina: El Comedor De Ana in Moriarty, NM.
Katorina: There were crystals of all sizes at the Ron Coleman Mine
Katorina: My only dead Armadillo picture
Katorina: Deb really gets into her rock collecting.
Katorina: Here's me with my new Arkansas tan! Notice the blood below my knee, who knew crystals could bite back?
Katorina: The darker the color, the clearer the crystal
Katorina: The loose ones in gooier mud tended to be clearer and more beautiful.
Katorina: The Mighty Deb amongst the boulders. I told her that I would NOT help her roll one to the car!
Katorina: This tick was plucked off The Mighty Deb's derrier. Well right flank--close to her derrier.
Katorina: The Mighty Deb helps the wayward turtle to the other side of the road.
Katorina: This here turtle was on the side of the road pondering the other side.
Katorina: Crust and decay in Van Horn, Texas.
Katorina: I wish 'modern' buildings were made with more decorative doodads like the olden days!
Katorina: Utility cable tunnel provides homes for who knows how many creatures in this old, leftover motel in Texas.
Katorina: I really delighted in the craftsmenship of this textured stucco of an old, mostly abandoned motel in Texas.
Katorina: The Mighty Deb in front of a dilapadated motel with good bones.
Katorina: Forlorn view of abandoned motel in Van Horn, TX.
Katorina: A sign of better times, I imagine.
Katorina: Old screen door from abandoned Courts of Van Horn motel.