Yin Yang pendant

[caeterle]

Greebo might have tried to destroy the pattern, but that never stops me!

[gbobmi]

You are and intrepid soul, Cat! Nicely done!

[DawninCal]

Through dark of night and wind and hail and sleet and snow, nothing stops our Cat! Oh wait, it's the post office that says that, but it could be true of our Cat as well.

It's beautiful, Cat. Glad the only thing Greebo damaged was the pattern and not this fantastic creations!



Dawn

[lotty64]

I was sure I commented on this....Hey Ho.

You are a true master when it comes to these pendents Cat. This is another stunning design. x

[Michele]

Beautiful! I have a thing for black and white.

Glad you were able to salvage your pattern.

[caeterle]

Thank you all!
Of course I have the patterns in my bead program and could have printed it again. When I was a beginner, I did delete one after printing it out, not a smart move

Dawn, the librarian had to do some research ...
" : : The original saying was actually "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these courageous couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" and was said about 2500 years ago by the Greek historian, Herodotus. He said this adage during the war between the Greeks and Persians about 500 B.C. in reference to the Persian mounted postal couriers whom he observed and held in high esteem.

: : Today many people believe this saying to be the U.S. Postal Service (U.S.P.S.) motto, but, in fact, is not their official slogan. According to the U.S.P.S. they have no slogan at all. The reason it has become identified with the U.S.P.S. is because back in 1896-97 when the New York City General Post Office was being designed, Mitchell Kendal, an employee for the architectural firm, McKim, Mead and White, came up with the idea of engraving Herodotus' saying all around the outside of the building. From that time on the saying has been associated with U.S. postal carriers. (Another McKim, Mead and White building is the Boston Public Library in Copley Square.)

: : (Source: Bob Cannon, Public Affairs and Communications Officer for the U.S. Postal Service in Boston, MA.)

: " The building, bearing the inscription: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds," is a national historic landmark, and occupies two full city blocks.

: The inscription was supplied by William Mitchell Kendall of the firm of McKim, Mead & White, the architects who designed the Farley Building and the original Pennsylvania Station in the same Beaux Arts style. Kendall said the sentence appears in the works of Herodotus and describes the expedition of the Greeks against the Persians under Cyrus, about 500 B.C. The Persians operated a system of mounted postal couriers, and the sentence describes the fidelity with which their work was done.""

Source: www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/50/messages/267.html

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Wow! Very nice Cat. I have a yin/yang bead to wire-wrap, yet haven't gotten around to it. Love the beaded pattern & also the background information above.

[DawninCal]

You're amazing, Cat. Thank you for researching that historical tidbit about the post office and it's slogan. I grew up with that saying and it's really interesting to learn it's origin and that there isn't really an official slogan.



Dawn

[violetmoonnl]

How odd, I too thought `i already commented on this one.


Anyhow like Caroline said, a true master for making pendants.

[caeterle]

Thank you all!

Daryl, I'm looking forward to seeing your wrapped bead.