Heart Happy (cathy_edgett) wrote,
Heart Happy
cathy_edgett

Today -

I was tired this morning but not in the mood to talk about termites so headed out early.  I went to the city, to Crissy Field, Inspiration Point, and the Spire, then, met Elaine.  We viewed her paintings which are magnificent.  She painted the seven sorrows, and now she paints joy.  We sat looking at the painting realizing the petals of the lotus flower were once the swords of sorrow and now they are petals of peace.  Her painting of joy holds sorrow and happiness, as joy does.  In looking at it, we realized that Katy had come through.  She had begun with a picture of her daughter Kara, but somehow it morphed into Katy, so Katy, in this painting, represents Joy.

We walked around the Presidio campus of Industrial Light and Magic, and thought about Katy in front of the fountain of Yoda.  We checked out Darth Vader and R2D2.  Then, we got sandwiches and went to the tree that Elaine calls the Tree of Life.  It is a cypress with wonderful welcoming roots.  There is another tree next to it, three trees you can stand inside. 

If you haven't seen the movie on Andy Goldsworthy, Rivers and Tides, you must.  He makes beautiful natural art.  We walked along his "snake".  

I realized today that knowing Katy was "okay" allowed the grief to come through differently than before.  I had cried, but the feeling of this was different, was deeper.  Each part of this day dug a little hole in the pain.

I was then ready to talk to Will about the termite damage.  Since we have to open our bedroom wall anyway, we will install a sliding glass door and he will build a little patio for it.  In the moment, plants line the side of our house, which is beautiful, but an invitation to damp wood termites.  Once the plants are gone, the problem will be solved, and the wood needs to be replaced, which means a sliding glass door.  The plants are beautiful, a hedge of privets and camellias, and I couldn't imagine just murdering them, but Will has a friend who just bought some wonderful acreage with a small cabin near Grass Valley, and so tomorrow we will try to take the plants out, wrap their roots, and transport them there.

Big breath.  

The snake undulates, and who knows how each turn feels to the scales, but its nourishing to know that even plants find new homes.     




Subscribe

  • Return -

    I haven't been here in awhile and I return today to learn there is a "new post editor". I start to try it and then go back to the old. I am…

  • It's Morning!

    I've been here at Live Journal since October, 2005. I started it to keep in touch with family and friends as I went through cancer treatment.…

  • The sun is shining!

    Where I live the sun is shining and the buds have popped out so the plum trees are waving white. We've had months of rain, record breaking rain and…

  • Post a new comment

    Error

    default userpic

    Your reply will be screened

    Your IP address will be recorded 

    When you submit the form an invisible reCAPTCHA check will be performed.
    You must follow the Privacy Policy and Google Terms of use.
  • 5 comments