Re; Black limestone

["Kent and Karen Ivey" <kkivey@zzzzzzz>]

A very polite and  good discussion on  the morals of stone acquisition. Having a place that has been in the family for four generations, I can assure you that a landowner DOES know and cherish  the place they call home, or the ranch or the farm or The Place, and does know when it has been  violated. And that is just what it feels like when someone comes  on  to your place uninvited and helps themselves to that particular piece of stone that catches their eye, a violation of ones special place.

It is no different than if  someone had looked in your homes window , seen a particular piece of furniture that  they think  should be   worked on some and  is obviously NOT being appreciated by you...  and so they liberate it.

And also the generosity of  landowners  has also been touched on... most I find  are excited and  feel it is a blessing to be able to help someone take such a thing as a stone and transform it into ... well,  Art is  an all inclusive term.  Please , please, get to know   the people who have what you covet...  you will both be blessed by the exchange, and a sharing of ideas and friendship  will almost certainly lead to even better things. All the  landowners I know  have a slide show of  geologic  features in their heads,  not just of their places but of almost all the places they have ever been... and they know who owns those things , and will almost certainly   be happy to help you  along and steer you to things you would never, ever see without that relationship.

If you are ever in West Texas , look me up.....  I have a lifetime of rocks in my head.

 Kent Lee Ivey
 Concrete Guy, no letters after my name.
 Big Spring , Texas.