Essay the pebble people

Here are a few situations that all pebble collectors will be able to identify with. 1. You have quads and hamstrings of steel: the result of many hours of crouching, then standing up again, then crouching, then standing up again, then crouching... 2.

Every jacket and coat you own has a random pebble in at least one of the pockets, and sometimes the lining. You are delighted to rediscover it every single time. 4. Your family is constantly going on at you for leaving pebbles in unexpected places, like the glove compartment of the car. Or their jacket pockets. 5.

But lots of people find a photo is the best way of remembering where a pebble comes from. A typical hand lens has x10 magnification. They're cheap to buy, and you use them to look up close at your pebble and start to work out what it is. Hold the lens very close to your eye, then hold the pebble right up to it.

You have quads and hamstrings of steel: the result of many hours of crouching, then standing up again, then crouching, then standing up again, then crouching... 2. Your family and friends can’t understand how you can spend literally hours wandering around on beaches and hillsides, picking up pebbles and putting them down again.