One of Lady Magnon's treasures from her recent Antipodean gallivant is this small piece of Pumice from the beach at Byron Bay.
Now for the 'personal' bit. Every other week I give my feet a really intense 'pampering' session. Each one is fastidiously cleaned, nails trimmed, and any unpleasant dead skin removed. When all is done they are massaged with a coconut scented creamy lotion.
Part of this process involves rubbing my heels with Pumice until they become baby-bottom soft. It is a ritual that has become an essential part of my life.
The rest of me never receives the same attention. I am an inveterate hand washer, but I would never go to the same lengths as I do with my 'plates'; however, my hands do get special attention several times a day.
Lady M's simple gift will be sliced in half and used with great pleasure and satisfaction.
Merçi cherie! Good choice.
13 comments:
Brilliant. I love interesting geological beach finds. I have a piece of alabaster from the Jurassic coast. My dream would be finding amber on a Baltic beach.
I just love finding beautiful stones. But beachcombing in general is wonderful.
That is a lovely gift Cro. I must admit though on first seeing the picture I thought it was Lady M holding the pumice...the length of the little finger nail shouted 'drug user' or 'paint me'!
Red wine drinker perhaps?
It is years since I saw a piece of pumice. I shall now be tempted to look for some at our chemist's and use it on my heels (I do have a chiropodist call every six weeks) but as to slicing it in half - how would you do that?
Your feet pampering puts me to shame. I'm sure my trotters would benefit from the very same treatment. I need to find pumice now!
Probably with a fine-toothed metal saw.
Another thing to do with pumice: If the powder is mixed with lime concrete, it will go hard under sea-water, and stay hard. The piles in the Roman Baths have pumice in them, and they are about 2000 years old.
Concrete shoes? As in Mafia job?
I have some pink nail polish you can have. Or maybe red is more your colour?
I use false nails (see pic above), with a slight earth coloured rim. But thank you anyway.
I have a piece of pumice and I get told off for bringing it out from under the chair in the evenings. But P does paint my nails for me, toes and fingers. How about that for a septic tank emptier!
What a nice find!
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