Have you ever looked at a stone...I mean really looked at a stone?

Rinse the stone with water then, while it is still wet, look at it closely. The colors, the lines, the shapes...then try to imagine the life of the stone. Was it once a part of the Rocky Mountains? Or the Smokies? Or the Alps? Or is it possible that it is from several mountains, each contributing a little piece of itself to this little stone. How did this particular stone get here? Was it washed here at the end of an ice age? How old is it? A million or a billion years old. Did a dinosaur every touch this piece of rock? Or, maybe a woolly mammoth?

So many questions, so little time...