Chasing Light & Nature

08/08/2026

My garden is bursting with native plants and butterflies. It’s a mess, but totally native mess. I love it. 🦋

08/06/2026

Sunrise in south Old Town Alexandria. They’ve planted a beautiful native plants garden there that’s full of life, even at dawn.

08/04/2026

Just a little light before the heat of the day is upon us.

08/04/2026

My latest Substack column. I wrote about precious metals and assorted other stuff. This one is about silver and one good quarter in a small mine is great for the mine but still doesn’t help the silver deficit.

A Record Quarter in Peru, for one small mine.

08/01/2026

Changing up my usual focus for a minute.

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I post as Gabby091707 on Substack.

With a little time and patience I believe it can be done.

07/14/2026

The lone sciff on the water at dawn. I always wanted to be that person. Though these days I think I’d prefer sunset. 😀

07/07/2026

I’d like to invite everyone to follow me on Substack. I writer about the silver market, because I’m
Invested, and other things, random thoughts, the garden, thinks I hear on the news (not politics) and just ideas that occurred to me. There is a paid subscription level, but it’s free to everyone so you can just shut that window. Here’s the link. The only thing I’d ask is that you like my stuff so I can get wider readership.

Thanks bunches and I’ll see you there.

I am a vintage jewelry seller currently studying gemology. I research silver to understand what I have and how the market applies to my stock availability. I am a lifelong resident of Washington DC & the niece of a world renowned treasure hunter.

07/05/2026

And for those reading my columns here’s the latest. This was last Sunday. I only posted notes this weekend as everyone is otherwise distracted. BYW, silver close, in London, on Friday at $61, and gold at $4170 not the highly anticipated $1500 $”& $20000 from the financial fiction writers association. 😀

The easiest way to spot a financial fiction writer is when they take two real numbers, smash them together, and arrive at an absolute conspiracy.

07/05/2026

I missed the fireworks last night, they were scheduled at11-12pm. Unusually late for DC. But here’s the morning after in 2023. Along the Potomac north of Old Town.

06/24/2026

The garden is bursting with blooms!