mingling dirt

Mike and I went to Mama Arey's house on Saturday. It was such an enjoyable day. While my husband worked on the gutters and things of that nature, I helped Mama in her flower beds.....I'm not sure how much work was done, but it was enough to make her happy.



While there, she asked me if I would like any starts off of her flowers or trees. Well, of course. I was digging up a small start from a bush, and saw some little green sprouts that I had mistakenly gotten as well. I asked her what they were, and if I should put them back. She's like " Oh no honey, those are just lilies, take them too." Only at her house does one try to get a start from a bush, and end up with lilies to boot.



She gave me several starts - the bushes, lilies, peonies, and flags too. I will try with all my might to get these precious starts to grow, and all the while she has columbine growing in the cracks of her sidewalk. There are crocus growing wild throughout her yard and even in the gravel of the driveway. It seems as if either the place or the dirt is magical. Maybe it is there, where the flower fairies that I believe in, orginated. It might be a hub for all the tiny do good flower fairies. I hope I got one along with my starts.



I have said ALL THAT to get to this point. Yesterday as I was transplanting all my new treasures, after I got each start out of the plastic bag, I would turn the bag upside down and empty all the dirt out, into the flowers' or bushes' new home. I really didn't think much about it until I had gotten done with all of them. As I got up off my knees, I grabbed the last bag and wadded it up. I noticed it still had dirt in it. I thought, "Ah it's just dirt." and kept walking towards the door to the house. I stopped abruptly, because my second thought was "It's magical dirt, from years of love, care and devotion." Not just to the flowers, and all the yard items, but the house even. Just Mama. I wanted to mingle Mama's dirt with the dirt at my house. Mingle - to mix together, blend: to join or unite with.