Clematis Leaf earrings Lapel pin While in Bodh Gaya

While in Bodh Gaya

As a child growing up in the Midwest I took solace in a neighbor’s yard under the canopy of a rather anomalous tree with beautiful lacy purplish red leaves

India I sketched lamas underneath the legendary Bodhi tree where Prince Siddhartha (Buddha) had attained enlightenment centuries ago

One day while sitting under the tree

Clematis Leaf earrings Lapel pin While in Bodh GayaIt is too cold to survive a Midwest winter for this subtropical vine. Surprisingly, against odds, it reclaims its existence each springcrawling out of slumber and up the fence of the Secret Garden. Its blossoms are the Goddesses of summer. The stems pierce through the middle of each leaf repeating S shapes as if they are bead components strung on the vine to flutter in warm breezes. Materials: Argentium sterling silver Dimensions (all sizes