A Small Stone and Musings

Oobos in my garden

My small stone for today...

Fog rolls serenely in,

and the misty lunar light

becomes radiant

while the quietude and stillness

seem to unearth my soul.

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Musings....

This stone project

is helping me to meet

one of my New Years goals.

I wanted to use all of my senses more,

and that is exactly what is needed

 in order to really pay proper attention

to single moments.

One other thing I'm doing is actually

hand writing my thoughts on paper.

These days of computers and email etc.,

I rarely do any handwriting.

My best friend Lana and I decided we would

write letters to each other

awhile back,

and we did for a time,

but then.....

back to email.  :)

I kind of miss

handwritten letters.

Another goal of mine

was to set up an aquarium.

I did....

and I bought five Tiger Barbs.

I guess I did something wrong

because...

Jonah, Calypso, Bubbles and Charlie

all died. :(

The only one left this morning is Jaws.

And I don't have to tell you why he is called Jaws!

I will start over,

and see what happens.

Wish me luck!

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

Whimsical garden additions

What do you do

 when you want to have a little garden

around one of your trees,

but the roots are too close

to the top of the ground

to plant anything?

You make an oobos garden!

AND...

what do you do with 5 cases of empty blue wine bottles?

Make blue bottle trees, of course!

My DH is making several of these,

for the next trade days.

Blue bottle tree history.....

used today as interesting garden ornaments

Colorful glass garden art

is on the upswing

as upscale garden shows

(including the Chelsea Flower Show in London)

will prove. 

Blue has long been associated with ghosts, spirits, and

"haints". 

There is even a blue paint

used around windows and doors of cottages

 to repel spirits

called

"haint blue".

"Haint" is from the root word "haunt"

which is most likely from the

 German-French-Middle English word

 "hanter"

which meant to inhabit.

Hollow glass bottles

appeared in Egypt and Mesopotamia

around 1600 B.C.

Soon after that

 tales began to spread

about spirits being caught in the glass bottles

and then morning light destroying them.

Bottle trees have a long tradition of

keeping the bad away

and bringing the good into

your home.

Savor the Day!

Yvonne