Honoring Our Beautiful Earth
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This was a personal event in Palisade to honor the earth. I didn’t have the energy to invite a lot of friends to participate this year so did my own personal honoring of the earth. On our property is the stump of a very large tree that had to be cut down a number of years ago. I sat and talked to the tree stump and it represented all of the trees that are being cut down and we talked about how important trees are in providing oxygen for humans. I thanked the tree for all it did and told it how much I love trees. Before I talked to the tree I helped a toad out of our pool and noticed that it only had one eye. I thought that was significant somehow (although I still haven’t figured out exactly how) and decided to take a picture of me and the toad and the tree stump as we honored each other and our broken lives on this planet. Instead of making something at the actual site, I went inside and made a small quilt to continue to honor the earth. It isn’t quilted yet but I didn’t want to wait until it is finished to submit this. I did enjoy this process!
This was a personal event in Palisade to honor the earth. I didn’t have the energy to invite a lot of friends to participate this year so did my own personal honoring of the earth. On our property is the stump of a very large tree that had to be cut down a number of years ago. I sat and talked to the tree stump and it represented all of the trees that are being cut down and we talked about how important trees are in providing oxygen for humans. I thanked the tree for all it did and told it how much I love trees. Before I talked to the tree I helped a toad out of our pool and noticed that it only had one eye. I thought that was significant somehow (although I still haven’t figured out exactly how) and decided to take a picture of me and the toad and the tree stump as we honored each other and our broken lives on this planet. Instead of making something at the actual site, I went inside and made a small quilt to continue to honor the earth. It isn’t quilted yet but I didn’t want to wait until it is finished to submit this. I did enjoy this process!
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