Mrs. Padilly Rocks!

Mrs. Padilly Rocks!
Or I should say,
Encouragement Rocks, Kindness Rocks, Souvenir Rocks?
Whatever phrase the results are the same – a smile for their finders.

I created these rocks for an extraordinary trip to an area of Texas I have only seen twice by train, Alpine, Texas.

Alpine is an Amtrak train stop where visitors stop to explore Big Bend National Park, The McDonald Observatory, Marfa lights, and of course, Alpine.

Big Bend Country is what many visitors imagine when they think of Texas. This is partly because of movies such as the 1956 film Giant ~ the Gone with the Wind version of Texas. This is an arid, rugged area with lots of rocks.

The Rock Movement

Deep in the Heart of TexasI wanted to do something special for this visit, so I decided to create some souvenir rocks with Texas themes that tourists would discover.

Not long ago, I heard about another rock movement called The Kindness Rocks Project. Through this project, members design rocks to spread random acts of kindness; rocks designed to provide a kind word, encourage, or put a smile on someone’s face.

Type in #thekindessrocksproject on Instagram, and you will see what I mean.

Mrs. Padilly’s Souvenir Art Rocks

For this trip to Big Bend Country, I created twelve rocks that represented Texas or gave encouragement, to be left as souvenirs of Texas.

Four of the twelve rocks are my Encouragement rocks.  I designed these rocks based on the places I have planned to leave them, places where someone might need some encouragement.

Mrs. Padilly's Inspiration Rocks

I designed five other rocks with Texas in mind!  Can you guess where some of these might have gone?

Click here to see where I placed my “Cowgirl Up!” rock (then scroll to the bottom of that post).

The last three rocks from the twelve are animated, with the rock itself taking on a life of its own.

Like many of you (I hope), I see faces in everything: wallpaper patterns, lines in tiles, and yes, rocks. These are the faces I saw in these three rocks.

Padilly's Pet Rocks

However, this little guy stole my heart the minute I painted him.  How can I give him away?  I can’t! This little guy will join me on my journey; everyone needs a pet rock.

May all your paths be blessed with random acts of kindness.

Happy Trails!
Mrs. Padilly


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Mrs. Padilly Rocks!

15 Comments on “Mrs. Padilly Rocks!

  1. InspirationalIdea. Kind gestures for others to enjoy. Thank You for the information. Always looking for ways to make this word a better place.

  2. Neat project! My girlfriend started painting rocks and now takes orders for rocks with paintings of people’s pets. So much talent in the world!! Mine has to do with yarn, not paint.

    Happy travels!

      • It’s fantastic down there. You’ll enjoy it. My wife and I spent our honeymoon there, in Fort Davis.

          • Actually, we didn’t live there. We only went there for our honeymoon. I’m sorry I really don’t remember any restaurants there, and it would be too long ago anyway, to recommend one. They may have changed a lot. What I can recommend, though, is taking a tour to the Mount McDonald Obervatory, and driving along the Scenic Loop in the Davis Mountains as well as the River Road from Presidio to Lajitas: fantastic views. And if you do so, don’t miss the old Western Village, used for shooting movies, somehwre there on your left.

          • Star Party already booked at the Observatory. 😊 Not able to get to Presidio. Is the Western Village on the River route?

          • Great for the Star Party! Enjoy.
            That Wild West Ghost Town [called “Contrabando”] is on the River Road {FM 170]. You can find a picture on my “Bilderbuch” Blog here [https://pitsbilderbuch.wordpress.com/2016/02/19/wholl-be-riding-across-the-river/] and it’s in Wikipedia here[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrabando].

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