a couple of gifts from the very very south of China and a few spring flowers

My sister visited with a pile of wonderful textiles and goodies she bought down near the Burma border where the handcrafts are still handcrafted and the colours are  colourful.

these are my presents from the collection......some of which collection  is worthy of gallery wall space IMO.

i am sure the market sellers were sad to see her return to her own city

A carry bag that is highly decorated with minute stitches and decorative silver

and beads

i have a black embroided version of this lower bag that came from Vietnam.

i needed a lighter coloured one or summer . I keep my mobile/cell phone in it

hanging around my neck. Not sure what they were designed for but they suit me well !!

detail of the elephant stitching

detail of the little dangly thing on the side of the phone bag.

i just love all the colours

these photos are of embroidered inner soles for shoes.

i just love the colour combo and the pretty sort of flower pattern.

i  will never use them in my shoes !!

the Macro gift seems to have left me with these pics.......but the drift is there .

Some more random pics of Beijing taken a few months ago by my sister....the older part of the city

an  old but very serious door !!

selling fur on the street

how would you know who paid for what electricity??

a cat that lived at a hostel .......but which apparently had fleas.
note the one blue and one yellow eye.....same as one of my white cats had

the smog is visible and real despite so many push and electric bikes

Some scenes from China

 

Chengde, China

again just a few of my sisters photos. it is a pity she cant blog from within China

A trip to Inner Mongolia from one of China's smaller cities where my sister is working

Buddha, Temple and Museum at  Hohut

Datong and its Hanging Monastry

The Grasslands of Inner Mongolia