This song is running through my mind because we like 'em BIG and CHUNKY. Hahahahaha
If you have kids born in the 2000ās, you may remember this movie. Now I want to watch Madagascar movies. 
Or listen to will.i.am.
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Thank you!! I really appreciate that from you 
Even if I hadnāt found the cuff, I would have been happy with just this ring. The lady at the shop kept telling me it was a bit too big, but I knew I donāt like them tight, and that my fingers swell.
I was familiar with David Lister from online articles, but I hadnāt seen any of his work in person. Garlandās gives you a fact sheet about the piece you buy, and the artist that made it, so I learned that David Lister lives in the small town of Dilkon, AZ, on the Navajo Rez. Whatās interesting is that I have a friend who has some Navajo friends who pastor a small Church in Dilkon, AZ, and we visited there back in 2019. Sometimes it really is a small world!
@Xtina, Iāve never watched that movie and havenāt heard the song, but now itās stuck in my head 
Itās kind of funny, cuz I actually titled this thread thinking of the movie Jerry Maguire.
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Itās called a castellated bezel. Itās made with a saw or a cut off wheel
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Thanks for the clarification 
. Interesting how some artist just use the term āhand cutā. Sure makes a beautiful setting.
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I have driven by Garlandās at least twice and have yet to stop there! Every time Iāve been in Oak Creek canyon, my husband has elected to drive right past that store! We have stopped at some of the dealers that are on the side of the road here and there, but I think the hubs knows that there will be a price paid in the form of a nice piece of jewelry if we ever managed to stop at that store, so his solution is to keep on pretending that it doesnāt exist, despite my protests. Hahaha
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You need to drive next time. Problem solved! 
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Well, he is right that you may part with some serious cash if you stop! It wasnāt the place for deals, but what they have is amazing, and I had been saving up. I donāt remember ever seeing roadside stands in the canyon; only at the very top, and that lookout was still closed for the season.
Keep reminding him how much the price of silver has gone up, so you are merely investing well
Oh, and my husband noticed a historical marker across the road from Garlandās, so maybe you can trick him into stopping for that
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Ignorance is bliss for him @Xtina . And he keeps control of his inner wallet. 
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Dairy Queen had several vendors near/in their parking lot, IIRC.
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Oh! In Sedona. Once you head into the canyon I didnāt see any, but we were earlier this year.
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Yes, near Sedona. Maybe it was too early for them to set up. We were there in May of 2023.
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Iāve never even noticed the Dairy Queen IN Oak Creek Canyon; I was assuming you meant back in town. I googled it, and it is permanently closed, so thatās probably why I didnāt see anybody there.
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Oh my goodness. Well, maybe that is why no one was there. 
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OooooOooooh thatās a lovely one 
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Thank you! Iāve worn it literally every day since I bought it
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I just ordered one, thanks for the link!
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I know that road! I looked it up, but I kind of thought that might be the route that you picked knowing your name Weāve only driven it once all the way, and it was so beautiful. We went to Bandelier, and were able to stop at a few other places along the way. I remember a couple miles before Soda Dam we saw one lone pine tree on fire from a lightning strike. As we came up to the dam there was a policeman on the side, and we pulled over and told him. He kind of just nodded and smiled like, āyeah, I know thereās forest fires,ā and we said, NO, itās just back few miles, and he took off like crazy.
I really want to go back to Bandelier sometime. It was one of my nephewās favorite places while he lived in ABQ.
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Exactly! we lived in a tiny town called Ponderosa for 5 years, and loved every second of it! eventually we will move back to NM, when the retirement fairies decree we can afford it.
This is the post office in Ponderosa (87044) - a tiny cabin in the front yard of the postmistressā house. Itās about the size of a walk-in closet, and was open whenever we could catch the postmistress out tending her animals.
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Thatās quite the post office! Iāve lived in a couple small towns where we had to pick up our mail at a small post office, but I didnāt have to wait for them to finish taking care of their animals
What a beautiful area to live in. Did you get a lot of snow?
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