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Or I should say,
\nEncouragement Rocks, Kindness Rocks, Souvenir Rocks?
\nWhatever phrase the results are the same – a smile for their finders.<\/span><\/h5>\n

I created these rocks for an extraordinary trip to an area of Texas I have only seen twice by train, Alpine, Texas.<\/p>\n

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

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<\/a><\/em>\u00a0~ the Gone with the Wind<\/em> version of Texas. This is an arid, rugged area with lots of rocks.<\/p>\n

The Rock Movement<\/span><\/h4>\n

\"DeepI wanted to do something special for this visit, so I decided to create some souvenir rocks with Texas themes that tourists would discover.<\/p>\n

Not long ago, I heard about another rock movement called The Kindness Rocks Project<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n

Type in #thekindessrocksproject on Instagram, and you will see what I mean.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Padilly’s Souvenir Art Rocks<\/span><\/h4>\n

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

Four of the twelve rocks are my Encouragement rocks.\u00a0 I designed these rocks based on the places I have planned to leave them, places where someone might need some encouragement.<\/p>\n

\"Mrs.<\/p>\n

I designed five other rocks with Texas in mind!\u00a0 Can you guess where some of these might have gone?<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see where I placed my “Cowgirl Up!” rock (then scroll to the bottom of that post).<\/p>\n

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The last three rocks from the twelve are animated, with the rock itself taking on a life of its own.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"Padilly's<\/p>\n

However, this little guy stole my heart the minute I painted him.\u00a0 How can I give him away?\u00a0 I can’t! This little guy will join me on my journey; everyone needs a pet rock.<\/p>\n

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May all your paths be blessed with random acts of kindness.<\/p>\n

Happy Trails!<\/strong><\/span>
\n Mrs. Padilly<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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