Monday 25 March 2013

Snoopy Bonemeal Lotus Food.

Snoopy was cremated at the local Zen temple and her urn has been in the house with fresh flowers the past four months. At first you could feel her hanging around. She caused a little mischief now and then. She has gone far away now and it is time to take the goodbye to another level.

There is an ever expanding group of lotus lovers in the town. The pot gets turned upside down every spring and re-potted. The extra lotus roots and shoots are divided up and another lotus fan is born.

We were re-potting the two pots outside the front floor and while mixing bonemeal with the clay-dirt I had an idea. Snoopy can visit us in the lotus this summer. Although sad, everyone thought it a good idea. I took a few bones from her urn and crushed them and mixed them in.

The lotus in summer.




Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is! 


The cherry blossoms are blooming, the indigo was in perfect condition. There were so many projects of growth and life at the house on the weekend. But somehow it wasn't sad to meet Snoopy on such a beautiful day. She was a sublime piece of art ol' Snooperoo. She was. Like Hamlet.

 The stage is littered with bodies in the last scene but we feel uplifted not depressed. The presence of great art uplifts. 




And Geiger came to pay his last respects and smell the incense in tribute to his predecessor and friend. 
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13 comments:

  1. So sorry your Snoopy is gone but every time you look at the lotus blossoms, she'll be there..

    We planted an apple tree over our last little guy as he loved apples with a passion. (The alternative was carrots but the tree was easier!)

    Thanks for sharing...
    Susan

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    1. I wish pets lived as long as we do. That sounds like a good name for an Apple variety. Little Guy.

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  2. so completely perfect - amazing, endearing. Snoopy will always be just outside the front door. Is that a picture of her with puppies? I envy you the lotus, don't think it gets hot enough here.

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  3. Hi Jean, It needs ten days of 25 degrees to get blooms in July. You might be OK in Victoria. The root and bud wouldn't make the Pacific flight. It is delicate and a very short re-plant window. From lotus seed you need three years until you get a flower. Remind me and I'll bring a few seeds with me. There was a professor who took lotus seeds from a 1000 year old grave and they grew! Oga hash. I raised them for a few years. I prefer this white one.

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  4. what a fitting tribute for snoopy. i remember the first day we visited you and meeting snoopy. the amount of energy and curiosity she had with everyone around that day. she was amazing friend.

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  5. What a sweet idea, Bryan. My mother just passed away and you have given me the idea to place some of her ashes in my cotton garden. I just received the reed you sent me and it is so exquisitely BEAUTIFUL! Thank You so very much. I am making something to send you to express my gratitude.

    Kristin

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    1. Hi Kristin, I am glad it made it. I sent it real snail mail. It is a wonderful idea to use our old loves ashes in a useful way. I hope someone uses me for flower or indigo or lotus fertilizer one day

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  6. That's a nice tribute for the Snoop.

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    1. Hoping for a bumper of blooms this summer. Hoping things are fine with you and Shoko. That baby in the pictures on the wheel of life was the cutest thing. b

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  7. as you might guess, this really touched my heart. wendy's grave is a cairn, and for days i carried more rocks to it. jean even sent snowflake stones! but now, i don't visit every day, but i plan to plant indigo around her this spring. and i don't miss her so much, but i still look to be greeted when i arrive home from school. she gave me one last, unexpected gift, time.

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    1. When I look at her picture my heart aches a little still. What a good dog she was.

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  8. full circle, full cycle.
    i'd love some lotus seeds to try my hand

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