parking lot treasure

[asakiyume]

The parking lot at the supermarket was thick with road salt, as if they're expecting a storm, but I don't think there's a storm coming.

It's not much to look at in this photo, but: all the white spots are salt crystals.



It was so beautiful up close, like gemstones:



You might gather them up and count yourself rich, only to have the dissolve if--well, if what? If you kept them in a velvet-lined box you'd probably never be the wiser. But if you tried to set them in silver or gold to wear at your neck or wrists, you'd be in for a sad surprise.

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[sovay]

But if you tried to set them in silver or gold to wear at your neck or wrists, you'd be in for a sad surprise.

Only if you went out in the rain.

[asakiyume]

I was thinking that the crystals might not stand up to the hot metal that well either, but maybe they would? In which case, yeah, that would be a cool effect--you set out dripping in jewels, but when you're walking down the promenade, which is lined with lindens in bloom, there's a cloudburst, and you have no umbrella. You return with nothing but the settings....