GOTH BEAUTY Brazillian DRAGON and HAWK Agate TREE OF LIFE Agate

Looking around artfire tonight and found this awesome artwork.

artist says:

* It is said that trees are the earth's effort to speak to heaven. I call these my TREE OF LIFE agates. It is truely one of a kind. This tree has roots that are growing over two rocks that I found on Assateague Island. They are polished smooth from the many years of being in the ocean. Near the roots; is a dragon ready to take flight. In the tree tops is a hawk or eagle keeping an eye out below. The agate is approximately 4" round. Wire, solder, copper & stones comprise this piece. No glue is used at all. Everything is soldered together. There is a wire heart with the letter J which is my signature & truely created from my heart. With this piece is a note card that will say:

* Tree of Life on Agate *

* Agate is one of the oldest recorded stones. Agate is associated with strength, gives protection & inner vision.
It has been said that trees are the earth's effort to speak to heaven.
* Dragons, it has been said, have the same senses as humans do ~ sight, smell, touch, hearing, & taste. But some dragons have a sixth sense, which is being able to read the emotion of another being. Some are fire breathers, like the Red Dragon or Fire Drake. They are mystical & take people to another World.
Enjoy!

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Abe, Daisy, Black Beauty and Ms Piggy.These 4 pigs were part of a high school agricultural program. The kids involved did not understand that when these pigs were at "weight" and went to the "show" that they were making a one way trip to the slaughter house. When they found this out some were devastated. Searching wildly for help in the Miami area finally resulted in a caring individual going to the auction and buying all 4 and sending them here for sanctuary. Much transpired between the beginning and end of that story. One of the pigs was stabbed by unknown assailants on the school grounds and was refused medical care.. students scorned the kids who tried to save their "friends" and other animals were murdered. All with no apparent concern by the school. But the 4 pigs who were befriended by their care givers were saved and the rest have long since ceased to exist.
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