Back to New York

After a whirlwind visit home, Toby has headed back to New York and more Juilliard. Do you ever think about this: when does a child stop 'coming home' and it turns into a simple visit to our home? How will I know and will it hurt? Like becoming real (Velveteen Rabbit). So we got up at an awfully early hour - I have discovered I don't cry as much if I am dog tired...and took him off to the airport. My block is a tear and glass towers. I think he loves NY, I know he loves what he is doing and learning.

FIXING DAY 5
Turns out fixing the square from Day 5 was not as hard as I thought. I just needed to embrace that I was not making a lovely sampler like most the other participants. Let me stop here and say that if you haven't gone to see other people's squares you should - they are amazing and most remind me of the coming spring.
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But mine seems to have taken another turn. After the first block I realized I was making a journal of sorts. When that became clear I realized the way to fix the Day 5 block was to do what I wanted to do with it - add a fish!

Do all Christian religions celebrate Lent with fish? Fish is a weird thing to allow us to eat - no meat but it is okay to kill a fish - I'm Catholic so of course I don't read the bible, but still... what is that about? Anyway my fishy is so glad to be swimming among the seaweed.

This is Day 6 of my nature squares - leaves - one of my favorite things to draw, collect and just be amazed at.
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