I feel like I could cry a few of these now and then.

They have this hole through the center of the “tears” that make them a perfect natural bead!

Very ingenious of mother nature to create such wonderful little things such as beads that grow like grass.

In the picture below You can see what I mean.

I’m thinking about what I might use to drill the soft center of the bead in order to make something with them.

They’re extremely hard when they’re dry. They start out green and turn black a then finally a mottled grey color.

Here’s another picture of an individual bead so you can see the final color.

Darker bands decorate the grey.

I just tried using a needle to poke it through the center of the seed and it went right through it! Not hard at all either.

 Now I just need to go collect a few more of them and I’ll be able to make a bracelet or something.
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nothing but laundry and household chores…. still thinking about buying the latest version of starcraft…. I shouldn’t… it’s like smoking three cigarettes today… I shouldn’t

I found this guy in the driveway today. A really amazing creature. It was checking me out the whole time I was taking pictures of it.

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If you want to see more pictures of this beneficial insect go to; http://qcmississippimud.com/photo

Then click on the album “in the backyard”

Hope you enjoy the photo’s of simple things like this otherwise you shouldn’t bother