I had a nice dream this morning that I was planting poppies all around my front yard. Remembering it later in the day made me smile, knowing that somehow I was going to find the time to plant the three packages of poppy seeds that are sitting on the table. We lived in the canyon when the kids were little and I used to plant poppies each year. I have sweet memories of counting poppy blossoms with Katie. It was so much fun to go out each day and check with her to see how many we had. Once we counted to 130 in our little patch of flower bed!So you're welcome to come by and plant a few with me this week if you're in Chico! And check out the yard bling that I made in mosaic class! Armen said my birdbath looked gypsy! I'm hoping all the red in it will attract hummingbirds to come and play in the water! Lots of rain and not so many birds right now, so waiting for spring.
dragonfly over field of poppies
blue vortex
So here is the gypsy birdbath! I hope it doesn't scare the birds away! Grouting it was an interesting process. First I had to choose a grout color, then mix it and smear it all over till my birdbath was covered with black grout. Wow, hard to believe something beautiful could ever emerge from all that blackness, sort of a symbolic part of the process I think. Then, when the grout had set up just right, it was time to take a dry rag and begin to carefully rub away the grout covering the ceramic and glass pieces, cleaning away the excess from the beautiful parts. Amazing! Now I could see Katie's little heart carefully held within my healing heart, and the complete circle of eternity surrounding us and holding us safe. Oh yeah, and the little blue bird that helps me bring my happy memories of Katie into the present moment.
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