When I got home today I saw that all of the blooms on the lillies were destroyed. They even went so far as to shove some of them thru our mail slot! Needless to say we were pretty blown away at this act of vandalism. I wonder if Mr Grumple (or Ms. Grumple) is reading our blog and saw how much joy we got out of these flowers or if they are just a malcontent. The problem for them is that they were too late. In my last post I came appreciate the beautiful moment I had with these flowers and released them to the universe. As Jerry Garcia sings in Stella Blue "There is nothing you can hold for very long". This act did not hurt us it just made us sad for the person who feels compelled to do this. Who does this? Really? They need some help and we hope they get it.
Because of this incident, we will make no more Grumple postings. No need to give them any power or space on our minds. One positive thing I can see (maybe it is not so positive) is that this is personal. One of the reasons that we started this blog was to encourage others to plant stuff around the trees in their neighborhood. I worried that my constant postings about the Grumple with leave people with the impression that this is not worth doing because some person is just going to destroy their stuff. Well it certainly is worth doing! It makes the neighborhood that much more wonderful and it is a great way to spread love and positivity and to meet your neighbors. It seems like all of this is just directed at us personally so others will not have to face the same hurdles with their street gardening.
As for the lilies, they will return to the earth from which they came and become compost so that more things can grow their energy.
Fair thee well Grumple. We will not speak of you again.
Peace,Love and Light to All.
