the weeping willow, Momma & 1 small request
Hey yoh,
i turned into a weeping willow for a couple of days. today felt better enough to turn it around some. i took some small aluminum pans, stabbed them with a steak knife.......sounds scarier than it is.......holes to allow for drainage. put each pan on a cookie sheet......poured a couple inches of soil in, then used a pen lid to make small holes. filled the holes with seeds to germinate inside my nice warm kitchen. Four pans of seeds taking up a big chunk of counter space. Wonder how long it takes to start sprouting? I know right ---- how impatient can one girl be? Planted them what? Two shakes of a lamb's tail ago, giggle giggle!
so my job is to keep soil & seeds warm & moist. i covered them with oversized baggies........i was out of cling wrap.......wonder if my super inexpensive greenhouses will work? the kid at the store said not to worry, he said once he put seeds inside a wet paper towel, folded it up, set it in the sun......and rewet the paper towel every so often.........and his paper towel seeds sprouted plants. huh...........funny don't ya think?
see they had these bunged up dented aluminum pans on clearance at the dollar store, so i got 8 dented pans for a buck total. already had the potting mix - the seeds cost $2.......so we'll see.
your job is to blow kisses from across the globe to get them started...........yes, i'm serious ---- kiss your palm, hold up your hand and blow it all the way to these little wildflower seeds in my kitchen in Georgia..........3, 2, 1.......blow! with all ya'lls help how can we fail?
it rained and rained and rained and i fell into such a funk......got teary along with the skies. but today i prayed about it, asked why am i so sad right now Lord?........please help me find peace. I wiped my eyes, blew my nose and stood up.......did a chore, that only seconds ago seemed impossible. I put on a cd......Great Women of Song........that glorious music filled me up from my toes to the top of the universe.......as I did my thing, hummed along I could feel that sadness lifting...........and then out of nowhere it hit me again, with a thunk on the noggin. More tears. What is it Lord, what is it?
I've been thinking about family lately and that's when the light bulb came on. Do something for Momma's Day for your Momma hon........and just like that I was talking to a nice lady named Francine at a florist in good old hometown Iowa USA......Francine is going to call Rusty at the cemetery to get the plot location cause I am drawing a complete blank. And she will have some very pretty flowers in time for Mother's Day......and with that, I felt calm descend on my soul.
I love you Momma........none of us has to be or can ever be perfect........we don't and we can't...... love is love is love..........Momma I love you always, still, forever.
Well shoot now I'm boo hooing again...........and Momma I'm planting a garden of joy just like you used to do.......love you Momma.
thanks for blowing kisses to jump start these tiny little seeds.......and if you forgetted.......can ya, will ya do it now??? ok, it's squishy hugs time.........xoxoxo - & seriously thank you for you
i turned into a weeping willow for a couple of days. today felt better enough to turn it around some. i took some small aluminum pans, stabbed them with a steak knife.......sounds scarier than it is.......holes to allow for drainage. put each pan on a cookie sheet......poured a couple inches of soil in, then used a pen lid to make small holes. filled the holes with seeds to germinate inside my nice warm kitchen. Four pans of seeds taking up a big chunk of counter space. Wonder how long it takes to start sprouting? I know right ---- how impatient can one girl be? Planted them what? Two shakes of a lamb's tail ago, giggle giggle!
so my job is to keep soil & seeds warm & moist. i covered them with oversized baggies........i was out of cling wrap.......wonder if my super inexpensive greenhouses will work? the kid at the store said not to worry, he said once he put seeds inside a wet paper towel, folded it up, set it in the sun......and rewet the paper towel every so often.........and his paper towel seeds sprouted plants. huh...........funny don't ya think?
see they had these bunged up dented aluminum pans on clearance at the dollar store, so i got 8 dented pans for a buck total. already had the potting mix - the seeds cost $2.......so we'll see.
your job is to blow kisses from across the globe to get them started...........yes, i'm serious ---- kiss your palm, hold up your hand and blow it all the way to these little wildflower seeds in my kitchen in Georgia..........3, 2, 1.......blow! with all ya'lls help how can we fail?
it rained and rained and rained and i fell into such a funk......got teary along with the skies. but today i prayed about it, asked why am i so sad right now Lord?........please help me find peace. I wiped my eyes, blew my nose and stood up.......did a chore, that only seconds ago seemed impossible. I put on a cd......Great Women of Song........that glorious music filled me up from my toes to the top of the universe.......as I did my thing, hummed along I could feel that sadness lifting...........and then out of nowhere it hit me again, with a thunk on the noggin. More tears. What is it Lord, what is it?
I've been thinking about family lately and that's when the light bulb came on. Do something for Momma's Day for your Momma hon........and just like that I was talking to a nice lady named Francine at a florist in good old hometown Iowa USA......Francine is going to call Rusty at the cemetery to get the plot location cause I am drawing a complete blank. And she will have some very pretty flowers in time for Mother's Day......and with that, I felt calm descend on my soul.
I love you Momma........none of us has to be or can ever be perfect........we don't and we can't...... love is love is love..........Momma I love you always, still, forever.
Well shoot now I'm boo hooing again...........and Momma I'm planting a garden of joy just like you used to do.......love you Momma.
thanks for blowing kisses to jump start these tiny little seeds.......and if you forgetted.......can ya, will ya do it now??? ok, it's squishy hugs time.........xoxoxo - & seriously thank you for you
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Thanks for the journal! Today was my mother Birthday, and I sure do miss here too. Good Idea on the flowers, perhaps I just need to load up Baby and go visit my moms resting place with flowers also!
You have the best ideas, at just the right time. Love you, Connie
Sorry for the mistakes, tears tend to get in the way!
Blown kisses are on the way too! :)
Just blew some kisses for your lovely seeds & soon to be lovely plants.
Great idea about having flowers placed at your mom\'s resting site. I\'m lucky to still have my mom around so I\'m planning to visit with her in a few days & share a meal with her.
Thank goodness the rain seems to have finally cleared out of here. Still a lot of flooding in the mountains here in NC - even had some school systems closed or on delay this morning.
Blowing one more kiss as I close.
I blew a whole bunch of kisses to your seedlings. Oh, Mother\'s day is ahrd. I think you are dealing with it well tears, flowers and all and this
\"and Momma I\'m planting a garden of joy just like you used to do.......love you Momma.
What a tribute to her.
Ok I have blown some kisses for those little seeds of yours, you failed to mention what kind of seeds they are though ?????? I really wanna know !!!!
I will have an image of you stabbing holes in the bottom of your aluminium trays for a long time, imagining scenes from the film \" the shining\" here.
As for the tears, I sometimes find a good old cry to be great for the soul. I know it certainly doesn\'t feel like it at the time but it is indeed better out than in, gets all that cotton wool feeling out of your head.
Flowers for your mother sounds really nice.
Big hugs
Jen
Blowing kisses to your seeds right now. My mama\'s 85th birthday would have been April 27th. Just passed. I boo hoo\'ed too. I don\'t think we\'ll ever stop. Glad the Lord put the thought in your mind that your sadness was missin your mama. Sure does make sense. I sure do miss mine!!
MWAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! More kisses for those seeds. And for you!
That is lovely how you resolved that. Sometimes it is hard to identify the source. I hope your mini greenhouses do sprout! We\'ve had such a hard time with seeds here in this town we live in now (quite indicative of our life here, sigh) but we finally figured out that it must have been the old potting mix we were trying to reuse and reuse. Now we are going to start with fresh stuff and see. But, as long as the seeds don\'t get too dry or too wet, you should be ok (better than my luck haha). I have had the blues too and I think maybe, just maybe they are on their way out. I think it has something to do with spring as my aunt is right there in the trenches with us too. weird huh?
I am blowing kisses your way for you and your flowers seeds. Hugs and compassion for your tears Serce. I believe your Mom is smiling down upon you,loving you always as you do her. Hugs xo and greenies for the furkids.xo
Blowing seed growing kisses all the way from Illinois. I want an update soon! Hugs to you as you miss your mom and honor her this Sunday.