Blessings
We stopped this morning for breakfast at the Hopi Travel Plaza in AZ on I-40. We stop here whenever we can… the food is good and the people friendly.
There is a shop inside the truck stop that has rocks, crystals, jewelry, etc. that I like to browse. I don’t always get to look as often they are closed when we get there.
Sometimes the treasures come to you. As we were eating our breakfast a Hopi Grandmother came up to our table with strands of red beads in hand. She was dressed in the Hopi tradition and asked if I was interested. The first time I was approached at breakfast in this manner I was caught off guard and said, “Thank you, but no”.
This time my intuitive voice said yes. They are just glass beads, but it is a karma thing. I am sure she can use the money and I can use the beads. I can also use any good blessings that might come our way with the beads. How often in one’s life does a Hopi Grandmother appear at your breakfast table with beads in hand?? It is a connection. 
I have a few other trinkets I have gotten along the way from the various natives. Nothing expensive… I have had that type of jewelry also… in the past. I will paint these and after we are settled I think I will make an abstract wall hanging with these little treasures.
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Posted on January 28, 2012, in life and tagged beads, blessings, Hopi, karma, spirit. Bookmark the permalink. 7 Comments.
Nice find Dabs, they’re very pretty and I’ll look forward to seeing the painting of them. I bought a lovely large polished turquoise stone from a display on a blanket outside of a reststop, when we drove from LasVegas to Huntington Beach for my Dad’s funeral; I treasure it also.
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Blessings, indeed, Dabs! Those are not just glass beads, but coral beads and to the Navajo and Hopi they do bring blessings and security and comfort. I have quite a few Navajo turquoise pieces that I bought over the years from two Navajo women who take their family’s handmade jewelry to exhibit booths at mathematics conferences that Bob and I would go to. I got to know them and they would tell me about the jewelry and beads etc. If I am troubled or facing new situations I put on my turquoise jewelry and somehow I feel so much better! May all be “in my head”, but I think it is more in my heart!
BTW, the Navajo and Hope peoples had local turquoise to work into their jewelry, but had to trade (in early times) with other peoples living by the oceans to get the coral. Often it was traded through many hands before it reached them.
Hopi Grandmothers are a blessing in themselves to the world!
I’m sure those beads will find their way into quite a work of art with your creative spirit!
Hugs,
Elsie
Beautiful beads, beautiful photograph of them. They look like something Cathy Geha might paint!
I so love the way you think, Dabs! Thank you so much for my beautiful postcard! I posted about you and shared it on my blog this a.m. Unfortunately, I don’t know if many will even see it as since I’ve done out my daring do blog swapping again, I seem to have lost most everyone! Sigh…the foibles of being a flake.
I can understand why you couldn’t resist these. I came here via Conservatively Bohemian (Sherry’s) blog. I like the thought of having someplace new to sketch all the time…quite and adventure. Your scenes are wonderful.. I am adding you to my blog roll so I will be back! Happy travels!
I think this was Karma! You were meant to buy those lucky beads…and what’s more – I love them! They are beautiful and I would be proud to wear them! (I could use some of that luck, also!)
Hugs,
Barb