Bling one, bling 2 and a little bounce in your step...

Yesterday afternoon I placed our blingy additions and 'fluffed', which is what we call opening the blossoms either by hand or with the heat gun. Apparently, earlier in the day two busloads of school children visited and had their pictures taken (or 'pictures made' if you are from the south) in front of the panel. I am guessing they were from Evergreen school who contributed to the project and I hope they found their gorgeous highly saturated painted blooms.

I took occasional breaks to show visitors how to cut unpainted bottles or gave away some extras I had tucked in my tool box. Families, business women on their lunch breaks, and two groups of adults with disabilities stopped by, walking away with magical crystal clear blossoms and spirals that bounced in rhythm with each step. One teenage young woman in a Pikechou hat visited with me. "I have had a hard life" she explained when I asked her why she was so far from where she called 'home.'  She parted with a handshake, a spiral, and I wished her a better future. God spoke creation into being. Jesus spoke "go and sin no more" and I have wondered if he was speaking creation into our futures. Maybe, by the grace of the Holy Spirit our words can make things too.