@jimhd I appreciated your story Jim. I too am a rock lover, not quite to your extent though. 😉 It is amazing to hear of your nature travels and "souvenirs", if you will. My naughtiest move was taking a cool (smaller) rock from the Olive Garden's landscaped area after dinner one night!! Haha! Ssshhhh. My family was embarrassed.They know I'm always a rock observer. You have found some amazing sounding rocks!! My only other great rock finds were the ones buried in the earth in the back of our yard. We were having a new fence installed and the poor fence guys wanted to kill me for sure because every dig hit some awesome rocks/boulders. So much that they broke a digging tool...they ended up with a better tip. ☺
Anyhow, those finds were like gold to me and were eventually sprinkled throughout my landscaped areas.

I'm happy you have such a great escape and your rock creations bring you joy. Keep on keeping on! I leave you with the photo of my last able rock project in 2016, just before my body started to change. We were extending the rock landscaped area for my hosta gardens, along the back of our yard. I was relentless in moving those suckers....maybe a little too relentless. 🤪

Enjoy the day. Beautiful one here in NY.
Rachel