11th Nov 2016
In a recent blog post featuring Lake Michigan sunsets, we showed a photo taken while attending a dear friend’s wedding reception at a site overlooking Lake Michigan in upper, lower Michigan not far…
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The term “carat” (abbreviated ct.) is associated with gemstones. The term karat (abbreviated K or kt.) is associated with the amount of pure gold in a gold alloy . A carat is strictly a mea…
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Our most recent visit to California wine country was January 2016. The trip was built around my wife and sister’s birthdays, and Chateau Montelena winery’s House Party Five. On our 2015 vi…
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January 2015 marked our second trip to California wine country and Napa Valley . Our daughter spearheaded the trip because of a San Francisco business trip she had, which coincided with my…
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Gemstone Coating aka Surface Coating or Surface ModificationCoating (aka surface coating or surface modification) gemstones is a treatment technique which dates back hundreds of years. Its purpose…
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