Red Barn Rocks

03/15/2026

03/10/2026

03/07/2026

Here regular hours this weekend, feel free to text me if you need me to open up earlier, later, or during the week. 570-677-2607

Got through a few more sections yesterday but lots more to go.

Starting again on Tuesdays, me and Lori will do "Facebook Lives" again this time talking about rocks, gems, crystals, travels, interviewing local businesses, National Parks, and yes, a few things for sale. 7PM

Enjoy your weekend, Lou!!

03/05/2026

Hey guys, if you are in the area this Friday, check out our First Friday here in Factoryville. I will also be around if you want to stop by the barn.
Fiddlers, Irish Music, and Crystals, sounds pretty good to me :).

Once again First Friday, Tomorrow, 1-4, First Baptist Church, on Church Street, in Factoryville.

If you can make it, fiddlers, banjo players, guitarists, from all over our local area come and play, and this month features St. Patty's and Irish music, it don't get much better than that.

Then walk the trail to the Sugar Shack and checkout the Maple Syrup being made that is now in full swing.

See you there, Lou!!

02/28/2026

Pleasure working in the barn today, with the almost spring weather, at least if felt like that :), getting through one section at a time, today was chip bracelets,

Here all weekend, regular time. If you need earlier or later just text, I will be available. 570-677-2607

Still getting stuff out, a few pictures from the barn and a few from upstairs, before making it’s way to the barn.

Have a great weekend, if I don’t get to see you, Lou!!

02/11/2026

All meetings done for the week, except for a city council meeting tomorrow evening, (Wednesday), so will be available the rest of this week, through the Valentine Day weekend.

The Barn, and upstairs here, where the heat and coffee are on, is really well stocked.

Feel free to text me throughout the week, almost anytime is fine as I will be working from the house, in the Barn, or outside somewhere. 570-677-2607

It’s not because it’s Valentine’s but I am a sucker for Celestite, especially hearts, and have a really nice selection that will fit all budgets. We also have a huge selection of hearts available, in all sizes, and all types, including, Labradorite, Ocean Jasper, Lepidolite, Carnelian, Rose Quartz, Blue Apatite, Blue Calcite, Rhodonite, Green Opal, Clear Quartz, and the list goes on.

New this time around are hand carved Buddha’s, and statues, from Bali.

Stocked up on all kinds of animal carvings, including Shungite, great for EMF protection but also Onyx, Aragonite, Serpentine, Alabaster, Soapstone, Angelite, and of course Malachite.

As requested Bison and Steer skulls.

Some few random pictures from the Barn, upstairs, and the last picture is Lepidolite, I have lots of small but similar ones here in stock.

That’s it for tonight, stay warm, Lou!

PS: Pictures are only a small selection of what is available :)

02/10/2026

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02/07/2026

Hey thinking it's just too darn cold outside today to be out and about if one does not have to be.

Seems to be a good day to just take in a good book, listen to some good music, eat some good food, hang with friends or family, and just chill. Like not that chill, like chill, remember when we just chilled, that chill :)

Besides these ain't going anywhere and will all be here as it gets warmer, giving me more time to get through more stuff!!

Stay safe, stay warm, and enjoy the moment. Lou!!

02/03/2026

Reopening Barn Saturday February 7th, weather permitting.

Well made it back in town, a little sooner than planned, and lots to get caught up on.

It will take a bit to unpack, but all in all another successful trip, with some unusual finds, and success with some hard to find requests, including Auralite and Sugilite.

Will start posting pictures as I get them out.

Some of the highlights of course as always is catching up with fellow rock hounds, Michele Hardin from Tunkhannock who has her own rock shop and booth in Quartzite, Jim and Jennifer who have a mine in Northeast Washington and supplies us with Healerite, Rick for Peridot, Sissi and family from Madagascar, folks I visited and stayed with in France, Jesus from Mexico, the Badin family from Brazil, and so many others from around the world I have gotten to know over the years, Australia, Morocco, South Africa, Peru, and the list goes on.

Ah yes, Vinnie and Kathy McHale. Talk about old school mates, me and Vinnie, were not only old friends back in East Northport, N.Y. we went to Grammar and High School together. Spent many a night at their home in Tucson, catching up and reliving some of our youth, riding bikes to the beach, and the parties that went along with it :).

To top off this trip of course I was able to spend some quality time with my daughter Kim, and one of my granddaughters Haileigh. Rock shopping, Tombstone, Saguaro and Joshua Tree National Park, Desert Museum, and just hanging out. There is something special watching one of your grandkids, interacting with folks from every corner of the world, wondering and asking Grandpa, how do all these people know you. :). Well as I always say, this one is in the books, and that, they can’t take away.

Varied yet vulnerable the desert teaches us the marvels of adaptation. Relentless sun, soaring temperatures, and little water can make a forbidding world for non-desert dwellers, yet hundreds of plant and animal species adapted to conserve moisture and beat the heat, as hardy as they are, their word is fragile. Such are the lands of Saguaro and Joshua Tree National Parks. These lands have many guardians, and now my question is how will we be one?

When you have a moment check out topictotopic. Let’s make some noise, this is the year, this is the time, together we will make a difference on so many levels.

Carpe Diem, and see many of you soon, Lou!!

01/24/2026

This is what it is all about. Thank you science teacher Mrs. McClain for sharing and your reel opening it up was awesome.

01/20/2026

!7 Days till we re-open on February 7th

As most of the vendors were just getting started setting up for the Tucson Rock Show, or still a week out, we were busy looking for the unusual and best specimens we could find.

A few pictures of what you can expect making its way back to the barn.

Raw Lepidolite, Green Calcite Crystal, Raw Aquamarine and Pink Tourmaline, Obsidian Towers, Star Mica, Albite, Nontronite, and more.

Off to Quartzite, and Pow-Wow.

Stay warm, Lou!!