The yellow flowers quivered as I plopped the small plant into the hole I’d dug. I tamped the soil down around it. Done. Thankfully there had been no run-ins with earthworms. No bugs.
“I can water it myself,” my friend says.
“So what’s this virtual garden you keep talking about?” she asks.
“Well, it’s going to be a place online, on my website’s Home Page actually. Soon, people can go there and if they email me a picture of their loved one who died, I will Photoshop the face into a flower in the garden.”
“But why a garden?” my friend asks. “You say you don’t like gardening.”
“Because gardens are comforting places. Healing places. I like gardens. Being in them, seeing the colors, watching things grow. I just hate weeding and worms and getting dirt in my fingernails.”
“But that’s half the fun,” she says. And then my friend asks, “Can I give you a picture of (my husband) and have you put him in your garden?”
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So charming, Robin and Annette. You make a good team. Do you really plan on having this photo garden, Robin? I look forward to seeing your inventions.
Yes. It’s just started. I have no idea if I’ll get three or three hundred faces “to Plant.” Wanna send me a shot of Vic? As for Annette, she’s a star. I love working with her. I hate doing selfies all the time but my friends don’t like being in front of a camera or in media. I guess there will be more time for inventions now as I wait for a response to my query. And more time to “met up” with you on FB and Twitter. Thanks, Elaine.
How can I not love it?
You better love it. Everyone else does. Thank you so much for the inspiration, the story, the posing. I couldn’t have done it without you.
Lots of love.