Someday A Garden There Will Be....
Everything seems better in the morning light, Dear Readers, and perhaps that is what Daphne and Will are discovering as the new day is beginning. Are they still on the porch? Did they sleep at all? Or did Dawn sneak up on them as they sat and talked, trying to restore their sense of normalcy after the revelations of the night. Will has made the coffee and carried the mugs out to the porch where they sit, reluctant to break the peaceful spell of Dawn. Daphne is feeling better now that her Secret shame is brought out into the light.
Will is not sure he is feeling better.... but he is feeling wiser....
and he is willing to argue that wiser is better... even if it doesn't feel that way.
At least he is aware of where he stands, and how far it is from where he thought it was.
And if he is honest with himself,
he would much rather know the 'real' Daphne,
with all her flaws and mistakes,
than only be allowed to see the false image she shows to the world.
Daphne is just relieved that she no longer needs to be so guarded,
that she can open up and let those close to her see her pain.
Even if nothing else changes,
she thinks that will make it easier to bear her sorrow.
In spite of everything, the world is still turning and a new day has begun.
And I hope you will forgive me Dear Readers, if I confess, that Nothing got done this week in my miniature World! Too many disruptions happened in my RL world!
But as is often the case,
there are a couple of tiny things I have made a while ago
and never had the chance to share with you!
The first is this little bird feeder I made out of a jewelry part I got at "Michaels"...
And I hung it from the corner of the front porch.
I always fill my bird feeders in RL with sunflower seeds....
So it seems only appropriate that when I made this....
I imagined those black beads are sunflower seeds!
And then when Sans! of My Maharajah's Palace Dollhouse blog sent me some lovely sunflowers for her blog anniversary giveaway... I knew At Once that one of these sunflowers was destined to grow from a lonely dropped seed from the bird feeder....
And no shrinking violet would THIS Sunflower be!
But it would grow as if by magic... to a towering ten feet tall!!!
And please, Dear Readers... do not examine too closely my attempts to make a Sunflower plant! I am a novice at mini flower making... and I know I have been claiming that "Someday" I will make the Garden that surrounds The Folly. And I even made a start! But that start consisted of the Tree.... which became a mini Tree House Project.....! Which is not even half way done after a year and a half of building! So you see how far I am from having Anything that resembles
the Garden I Dream of!
But I need to show you the Other place that Sunflowers have been growing in my life....
Just a year ago I started painting sunflowers on my RL Kitchen walls....
Around the walls in my breakfast nook.....
And of course, this is just the beginning.....
I had to add some morning glories too.....
And because I am SO SLOW to complete these wall paintings.....
It still looked just about the same at Christmas.....
When Sans! was deciding to send her Sunflowers around the World....
Bringing Magic and Sunshine into the far flung corners of Mini blogland!
And in case you didn't notice....
everything else that is "growing" in this "Someday" garden....
Is a gift I have received from Sans!
The suitcase Garden...
and the Sunflower, and the wild Rambling Rose that is hidden behind the fountain.....
all came from my Dear friend Sans!
Oh, Look! Even now the Sun is Rising....
Turning the sunflower into a little piece of Sunshine....
Sneaking it's warmth into every corner....
From the tiniest seed, a Giant flower has grown.....
From one stray Flower a Garden will grow....
With the help of our friends, near and far....
we will realize our Dreams....
And even though we are a Long way from the Happy Ending I have promised you, Dear Readers, I hope you will take this as a little seed of Happiness that will blossom in Time...
Because Just as This Sun (Flower) Rises...
Someday, Surely, a Garden There Will Be!
