3 Lotus Beads

 Long time no post 😊

N here are 3 lotus beads I purchased in Yangon long long ago before the virus before the coup when the world was a much safer place.

3 lotus beads

Lotus I read somewhere is a symbol of hope and hopefully too these beads made from agate and amethyst come from Pyu  period (around 2nd century BC to 11th century AD)

one agate and 2 amethyst

These lotus shaped biscuits made by Siti are not unlike my beads and complement my lotus beads 😚

Lotus shaped biscuits

Some of my favourite things

Some of my favourite things....

Purple turtle on golden sand

Wee bird soars high on fragile wings

And a cool cicada that sweetly sings....

my favourite things

...these are some of my favourite beady things that I'd like to share during this season.

All three creatures are beads and have perforations for stringing. They may date as far back as the Pyu dynasty (around 2nd century BC to 11th century AD) and comes from Myanmar.  Here's a closer look at each of them starting from the amethyst  turtle.

Very tiny turtle measures 2 cm in length

Next is the rose quartz bird 

Height of rose quartz bird 1.5cm

Last the cool cicada is also made from rose quartz

Height of cicada 2cm

And to wish beaders and collectors all over the world a Merry Christmas and Beadiful New Year, I have decorated pine cones with assorted beads and topped them with one ancient jade (rein)Deer.

Happy  Jade Collecting and Beading Season

Little green deer from Xizhou dynasty or later sends greetings