decided to try carving

I've had it in the back of my mind to try carving sometime. I figured one day I'd dig up a piece of limestone and give it a shot.
Now that I've got a renewed interest in working rocks it really sucks being so cold out (I laughed hysterically at capt bob's 50° rock sale experience).
With the gas prices the way they are and a forcast of a balmy 22° this past sunday my daughter and I headed to Cedarburg (The Gem Shop!) for the afternoon. While parusing all the rough they have I noticed the soapstone. Booyah, I'm getting some to try carving - I can do that indoors!
Monday I cut a small piece of the soapstone off. I was originally planning to carve a scarab, figuring that would be fairly easy. After I started carving the stone it told me a snake was what it wanted to be. Far be it from me to argue...
I finished it with 2500 grit wet/dry sandpaper & then buffed it on my sweatshirt lol.

Rough piece just after starting

"I dont wanna be a beetle"

finished piece


Thanks for looking