greenie queenie

 sometimes one gets behind.

today was green day and i did my greenest look. i mended the strap on my green global fashion in preparation. i wore my spring blouse under the green jumpsuit, my lime green cardi on top, green and black striped socks, green and blue shoes, and a tiny green elastic in my face framing braid. green eye shadow of course. and green earrings. i actually had a lot of green to choose from. what would katie say if she knew i had so much of her favourite colour.

i texted katie last night:

l: tomorrow is a very special day for you

k: because my children are leprechauns?

l: no

but she has a point. her children ARE leprechauns. i just meant that it was the day of green.

mohammad also loves green. he said green is the colour of all life. "and blue," i amended, "water is blue and water makes things green." he had the nerve to say "water is not blue." sure, technically water is not blue. but water IS blue. i stressed this to him.

speaking of growing things, my gardening obsession has awakened. i have been collecting jugs from stranger's recycling to do my cold sewing. i collect them on my morning walks. last thursday i had so many i could barely carry them. and when mohammad called me there was no way to answer my phone. i had 14 containers and so far have used 10 of them. i ordered really special precious seeds from floret last september. dahlias and zinnias. i had to get them sent to an american address so i sent them to aunt elaine's. they were supposed to arrive at the end of january. but she said they didn't come. but they said they were delivered. i'm trying not to think of that loss. i ordered a bunch of seeds from west coast seeds. i hope they arrive soon. the seeds i've planted so far, are mostly the ones i collected from my flowers and tomatoes last year. meanwhile i've spent hours snipping up last year's dead sticks and foliage into tiny bits to add to my compost. 

this year i can have many of the old garden beds from work. we got all new ones. they were just going to throw them away. we'll see what happens.

mom is doing pretty well on her recovery. besides the overdose scare that had us playing boggle at 3:30 in the morning, so far so good. 

my mohammad is almost finished his month of ramadan. on thursday or friday it will be eid. every morning his break the fast is around the time of my breakfast. as i'm walking he is cooking his zucchini or lentil soup, or eggs and potato. every day we pray that we can be together. that the way will open up for us. in the mean time the wars and instability in the middle east make everything seem ominous and impossible. "what is our luck?" moans my lover. but i know somehow i am the the luckiest. the most blessed. because despite all the odds i have him. and he loves me. and even though i long to be together and live together, even this love from afar, this daily online loving is a gift to me. it is a drop in the bucket, but that drop is precious to me. hamduillah. thanks be to God for the gift of mohammad al helaal.