My Nasturtium Memorial Garden Bed looks good; the plant looks more potent than it did two days ago.
I planted peppermint plants to help the Nasturtiums grow as recommended, and I planted Nastirium seeds from California in and around the small bed.
I’m spraying the bed once or twice a day, it has been raining.
This is the memorial floral bed in honor of our school’s children who have died. If we can’t protect them, we can at least remember them.
I’m excited about this plant; I feel a strong emotional connection to it.
The color in the flowers is returning, and I see some new buds. I’ve done a lot of deadheading, some clipping, and planted some seeds.
Below is one of the four peppermint plants I put around the flowers. I know I must watch it to ensure the peppermint doesn’t take over. I visit these flowers several times a day, meditating, praying there, and standing in silence.
That you, garden people, for your excellent and much-appreciated advice. You are reasonable people, and I am grateful.
This small memorial will not change the world, but it will keep me from forgetting these children whose lives were cut so brutally and tragically short.
If they are not forgotten, something will change; I know it. We, one at a time, will win this struggle; the politicians will not move until the pressure on them is unbearable.
I read an article this afternoon about how the kids of Marjorie Stoneham Douglas have been working tirelessly behind the scenes for gun control. This gives me hope. A beautiful way to feed the soul- nasturtiums and fresh peppermint tea.
In other Prom news, I am happy to report that the Governor of New Mexico hosted a prom at the Governor’s Mansion for the students who had to evacuate from the massive wildfire in the northern part of the State. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said a lot of work went into making sure the students knew they had a “whole state that cares about their happiness and well-being. We have to celebrate each other, and we have to make room even in a tragedy. This is the way … we show how resilient we are … [T]hese experiences matter.” People chipped in for the “essentials” — dresses, tuxedos and corsages. And they’ll have their graduation ceremony at the Eldorado Hotel & Spa in Santa Fe.
Thank you! You have inspired me to create a memory garden in my yard. There is a particular spot in my front yard that needed something. I hope the memory garden will remind and inspire neighbors who walk by. Furthermore, I have a neighbor who creates thematic gardens in a median near the neighborhood park. I plan to share the idea of a memory garden with him. This multi-generational Texan is deeply, sadly distressed by the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Planting a memory garden is a wonderfully creative way of turning my anger into action couched with love, determination, and firmness.