Thanks Steve!
A agree about pale turquoise. I never quite warmed up to Dry Creek turquoise for that very reason.
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I usually dislike this kind of turquoise, too, but I actually love it in your ring! Your eye for composition is excellent and the silverwork brings out something in the texture of the stone that makes this a winner for me, even with a turquoise I wouldnāt usually favor. If your work were for sale, Iād certainly pay up for that kind of attention to design!
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Thank you for the lovely compliments @riobravo
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I have the perfect shirt to go with itā¦ just sayinā 
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Personally, I love to wear the lighter, brighter turquoise colors in the summer when my skin tone is tan. It really tends to GLOW then!
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Iāll concede the point on the aesthetics you mentioned @GreenRock not being fashion conscious myself.
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Agree! Havenāt seen you for a bit, @GreenRock, howdy!
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Miso likes turquoise too! I see some pretty stonesā¦
Once I was cutting music on my computer for a skater, and my cat at the time walked right across it and deleted it. Silly cats.
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I think our feline friends just canāt resistā¦ lol. I do some bead stitching now and then and have had to chase Mr Diesel Weasel down to retrieve strings of beads from his mouth! I now keep a mister bottle handy to deter him and save him from himself. He has made it to 16yrs old by now without needing surgery for eating non food items. Thank goodness!
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My Mosi ate a couple inch long puff balls off the end of a bouncy stick when I was playing with her; I looked away for a couple minutes and they were gone. Vet told me just keep an eye on her (no string involved), seemed fine. 9 months later (
) she puked them up! My wonderful vet said youād be amazed what sheās found in the bellies of cats and dogs 
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@Ziacat
Control+alt+deleteā¦
Maybe she just didnāt like your selections!
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@Tinyturqgrl @Ziacat
One time I was halfway through restringing some pearls, and Miso was very interested. He kept trying to āhelpā.
I walked away for a few minutes. When I came back, the pearl string was severed, and the needle was missing. I know he likes string, but I didnāt think he would actually eat the needle.
The beading needle is a soft piece of flexible twisted wire about 2 inches long.
I tried not to freak out, and figured it would turn up somewhere in the carpeting.
Meanwhile, I was keeping an eye on the litter box. Sure enough, a few days later I found a poop with the scrunched up wire in it.
Needless to say, Iām very careful about stuff like that now! And I close the door if I have a project like that in progress.
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They keep getting better! I love fire agate. All of the rings you have shown are very nice!
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Oh my gosh, they are so silly, why do they do this to us
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@Ziacat Itās hard to restrain a wild animal in your home!
I canāt believe your cat had those puff balls in her stomach for 9 months. Poor baby mustāve had a horrible stomach ache!
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Thanks! Iām always looking for interesting stones to work with. Fire agate is fascinating, isnāt it?
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@Stracci This is a gorgeous ring!
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Thank you @BlytheEcho
Iām enjoying the big rings!