TIDBITS 12/05/04

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Dragon

The tales of this beastie are as numerous as there are different
types of dragons. What? You thought it was one kind only? Wings?
Fire breath? Nasty disposition? All this with a need to have a virgin
sacrificed to them on a daily basis?

Nay nay sweet boids of yute. There are many kinds. There's Niddhogg,
the dragon which gnaws at Yggdrasil ... The World Tree which supports
the universe. And there's Piasa ... an American dragon worshipped by
the Algonquins ... head of a person, a lion's mane, body of a dragon,
and a tail twice the length of a human. And then there's the dragon
St. George killed. And there's a dragon called the Lambton Worm ... an
ancient creature whose origins can be traced to old England. And of
course there was Grendel of Anglo-Saxon origin. And Smaug of the era
of the Hobbit.

And as varied as there are tales and types of dragons ... so are there
varied jewelry creations of the fabled creature. It would be remiss of
me if I did not show you yet another ... for I have shown you one or
more in the past. It would be even more remiss of me if I showed you a
piece of jewelry that belonged to the mundane and commonplace and
lowly workaday everyday world.

And so I shall not. I shall show you instead ... a flexible fanciful
coiled dragon bracelet ... made of gold and enamel and diamonds and
rubies. It's total weight is 108 dwt. It is a dragon piece of jewelry
such as I would venture to say you have not yet seen in your
collective travels. It is an offbeat, crocodilian type of creature
which anyone with a keen sense of the perverse ... anyone filled with
a strong feeling of contrariness and orneriness ... would be proud to
wear.

It's worth is in the vicinity of $6000.00 ... a mere nothing in terms
of outlay when compared to the endless array of oohs and aahs that
would be evoked by all who see the creature. So ....


For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits ... may I
direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where
you will scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that
says Tidbits Graphics ... and then click on the link that says: Dragon
.... in order to view a creature that commands unwavering attention.

And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark

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