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October 3, 2026 at 8:57 PM
goreme1990.bsky.social
#istanbullife Think every #ikea comes in identical put together yourself kit + Allan key? Last time I checked IKEA in my hometown of Sydney didn't have prayer room, complete with ablutions basin, complimentary worrybeads to use & reminder not to enter in shoes! #lisamorrowwriter
September 29, 2026 at 8:28 AM
lizburns.bsky.social
1995, Bird Dog studio, Allston, MA
Save the Day - Liz Burns - Worrybeads
YouTube video by Liz Burns
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November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Sunday Beady Eye Candy : Prayer and Worry Beads

from a selection pinned with provenance to our Sweepings board on Pinterest

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#SundayBeadyEyeCandy #BeadyEyeCandy #BeadSocietyGB #Beads #HistoryOfBeads #PrayerBeads #WorryBeads #RosaryBeads #MalaBeada
Sunday Beady Eye Candy : Prayer and Worry Beads from a selection pinned with provenance to our Sweepings board on Pinterest, tap the Linktree in our profile #SundayBeadyEyeCandy #BeadyEyeCandy #BeadSocietyGB #Beads #HistoryOfBeads #PrayerBeads #WorryBeads #RosaryBeads #MalaBeada
March 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
thetiniestvole.bsky.social
I on the other hand have conkers all over the house. And in every pocket. Soothing. #worrybeads
April 22, 2024 at 10:01 AM
darkwaterphotos.bsky.social
When I asked my bead collection for advice, it just rolled its eyes and said, “Bead it!”🤪🤙📿

A nice red jade komboloi set I put together - it's nice and light weight, and handles very well.📿

#FocusTools #SkillTools #Komboloi #WorryBeads #AuDHD #NeuroSpicy #Autism #ADHD #Fidgets #DailyCompanion #EDC
This is my hand holding a dark red jade komboloi that I made. 23 beads + 2 +5 stainless steel for 30 count. the water in the background is the Little Etobicoke Creek.
May 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
darkwaterphotos.bsky.social
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I’m feeling stressed, so I’m going to go work on my beading project.
• It’s very “thera-bead-ic”.😆

clicking a string of beads near the Psycho Bunny shop.
Eaton's Centre, Toronto, Ontario.

#Fidgets 📿 #NeuroSpicy🧠 #AO²📿 #WalkTO #Art #WorryBeads 📿 #SkillToys #AroundSquare #MK-Ultras 🤟
• Background PsychoBunny shop in the Eaton's Centre. • Psycho Bunny was founded back in 2005 with a brand vision to create a clothing line that combined classic American sportswear with a modern twist. This resonated with a wide range of customers looking for something both classic and unconventional. • Swinging my black set of worry beads, Greek komboloi hybrid bead set from AroundSquare out of Victoria BC.
February 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
darkwaterphotos.bsky.social
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Why did the bead get kicked out of school?
• He kept “beading” everyone else to the punchline!

Yonge Street, Toronto. Swinging komboloi near the Stag Shop. For some naughty Valentines Day fun.

#Fidgets 📿 #AO²📿#YongeSt #WalkTO #Art 🎭 #Installation #WorryBeads #SkillToys #ValentinesDay 💝🤟
• Canada's #1 Adult Shop for All Things Pleasure & Fun Since 1972. • Valentine's Day is a day to celebrate love and affection with family, friends, and romantic partners. It's celebrated on February 14th.
February 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
darkwaterphotos.bsky.social
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Did you hear about the bead that ran for office?
• He ran on a platform of “stringing together” the community.

Swinging my set of beads near the Cloaked Presence by Albert Paley, 599 Yonge St. Toronto, Ontario. 🍁

#Fidgets 📿 #AO²📿#YongeSt #WalkTO #Art 🎭 #Installation #WorryBeads #SkillToys
• An olive sleeve, black wool glove of the photographer, holing a set of MK-Ultras (mala/komboloi hybrid wearable) worry beads. Superimposed with the Cloaked Prescence art installation in the banground. (tap) • Cloaked Presence (2021) Artist: Albert Paley📍Location: 599 Yonge Street, 7-9 Gloucester Street Toronto ON (tap) • You can cloak yourself in the artwork too! The artist designed the base of the sculpture to be open, which allows visitors to experience the sculpture both inside and out!
February 12, 2025 at 4:59 AM
darkwaterphotos.bsky.social
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What does a Zen master say to a bead necklace?
• “Find your center -- string.”

Dundas Street West, on Yonge Street. A little sunlight too. My gloved hand framing the street sign, with my komboloi. 📿🍁

#Fidgets #Komboloi📿 #AO²📿#YongeSt #WalkTO #NeuroSpicy #WorryBeads #GreekBeads #SkillToys
Yonge St., Dundas Street West. Tall glass buldings, sunlight on pavement, pedestrians on the frozen street, glove hand holding worry beads aloft framing the street sign.
February 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
darkwaterphotos.bsky.social
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My collection of rare beads is priceless.
• In fact, you could say it’s bead-ond belief! 😆

Flipping and swinging beads at the camera shop. Aden Camera is one of Toronto Canada's Digital Camera Stores.

#Fidgets #Komboloi📿 #AO²📿#YongeSt #WalkTO #NeuroSpicy #WorryBeads #GreekBeads #SkillToys
• Located at College Park, this snug shop is packed with the latest camera gear from Sony, Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Panasonic, Hasselblad, DJI, and more. Also offers in-house film developing and photofinishing. • DarkWaterPhotoMedia 🪶 Freelance Urban Wildlife & Natural World Photography. Photos Copyright©2025. 🤠📸🦅📿
February 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
darkwaterphotos.bsky.social
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What did the necklace say to the bracelet?
• “Let’s bead friends!”

It's bagel belt, eatin' time! Komboloi on the table.

#SkillToys #Fidgets #Komboloi📿 #MKUltras #AO²📿 #YongeSt #WalkTO 🚶‍♂️‍➡️ #NeuroSpicy #WorryBeads #GreekBeads
On a rich brown table, large cup of tea, and a unwrapped bagel sandwich belt. (A bagel belt is a breakfast sandwich made with a bagel, eggs, meat, cheese, and other fillings.)
February 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
darkwaterphotos.bsky.social
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I’m writing a book about beads, but I’m having trouble with the ending.
• Can you give me a bead-utiful conclusion?
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Flipping beads near the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre. Toronto, Ontario. 🍁

#Fidgets #Komboloi📿 #AO²📿#YongeSt #WalkTO #NeuroSpicy #WorryBeads #GreekBeads #SkillToys
• My hand, MK-Ultras wearable hybrid komboloi, a Toronto Transit Comission (TTC) battery-electric buses (BEBs) moving up Yonge Street. My hand holding the komboloi is stubtly framing the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre sign just above. (tap) • The Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres are a pair of stacked theatres in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Winter Garden Theatre is seven storeys above the Elgin Theatre. They are the last surviving Edwardian stacked theatres in the world. (tap) • The Toronto Transit Commission's (TTC) newer buses are battery-electric buses (BEBs) that are part of a joint investment between the city of Toronto and the federal government. The TTC is working towards electrifying its entire fleet by 2040. (tap) • Komboloi are the Greek version of mindfulness/prayer beads. But unlike almost every other culture's version, they have always been entirely secular.
February 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
darkwaterphotos.bsky.social
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What did the sarcastic bead say to the needle?
• “Oh, go ahead, string me along!”

Swinging and flipping a set of hybrid wearable, set of black fidget beads near the Tangerine bike share docks.

#Fidgets #Komboloi📿#SkillToys #MKUltras #AO²📿 #YongeSt #WalkTO #NeuroSpicy #WorryBeads #GreekBeads
• Quite common in Greek culture, though they're utilized more like fidget toys for several purposes such as recreation or distraction. Worry beads are a string of small beads that people use to pass time when they are nervous or bored. They are also known as komboloi in Greek. (tap) • Tangerine Bank partnered with Bike Share Toronto in 2023 to modernize the bike share program and make the bikes more visible. The partnership resulted in all the bikes being painted a vibrant orange color. (tap) • Bike Share Toronto offers 24/7 access to over +9000 bikes & over 800 stations across Toronto's vast biking network! (tap) • Yonge Street is a busy, famous street in Toronto, Canada. It's known for its shopping, dining, and entertainment. (tap)
February 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
darkwaterphotos.bsky.social
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Why did the bead blush?
• Because it saw the string naked.
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A couplet of beads fly through the air as I prepare to catch it for the couplet switch over. Eaton's Centre. Toronto, Ontario. 🍁

#SkillToys #Fidgets #Komboloi📿 #MKUltras #AO²📿 #YongeSt #WalkTO 🚶‍♂️‍➡️ #NeuroSpicy #WorryBeads #GreekBeads
• Inside the Eaton Centre just off Yonge St. near the atrium. I'm flipping and catching my mk-ultra's from AroundSquare. These are my daily stim companions and they're consta (tap for more) • Worry beads or komboloi/kompoloi (Greek: κομπολόι, IPA: [ko(m)boˈloi̯], 'bead collection'; plural: κομπολόγια, IPA: [ko(m)boˈloʝa]) is a string of beads manipulated with one or two hands and used to pass time in Greek and Cypriot culture. (tap for more) • Eaton Centre is a shopping mall and office complex in the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is owned and managed by Cadillac Fairview (CF).
February 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
steph-in-arcadia.bsky.social
I'm back to beading again, and am planning to vend in person at various places this year. For now I'm offering meditation or fidget beads through my Big Cartel store: inarcadia.bigcartel.com/product/medi... . Popular for #adhd and #anxiety . #worrybeads #meditationbeads
Images of various handmade stone meditation beads, strung on cord and displayed on shells, wooden props and a fur background. Priced between 25 and 35 dollars.
January 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
spanoudis.bsky.social
#Blue ( #Glass) #Mood
Glass Inlay, #Tampa #Museum of #Art
#EvilEye #WorryBeads, St Mark's #Greek #Festival
Ship's Gangway (glass floor) #somewhere off Hispaniola
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January 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Enjoying some lunchtime MKUltra action #aroundsquare #komboloi #worrybeads
February 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM