Yes folks, I'm back in the mandala making business.

This mandala is made from a photo of one of the dahlias I planted a number of weeks ago during my first foray into gardening. Most of the dahlias I planted are sprouting, but this one is flourishing far beyond the others. I'm convinced it's because of the fairy bath I put at it's base. Let me explain.

This dahlia and all of the gladiolus I planted are along a fence at the edge of the yard. The landscaper who comes to mow would have no way of knowing that the tender shoots coming up there were anything different from grass until it was too late, so I took some rocks from the surrounding woods and indicated where the edges of my "garden" are. The center seemed to call for a keystone, so after I planted one of the dahlias there I took some broken pieces of a birdbath that was decorated with cherubs and other rococo-inspired details and more or less reassembled them in front of my dahlia, hoping the fairies might come to use the bath and keep my dahlia safe. I would say my efforts are working.

This act of planting flowers, creating a fairy bath, and delighting in the progress as the sprouts of my labor are actually showing progress is the first I've come to feeling like a good witch in a very long time.

When the dahlia blooms, I promise to share.

Posted by Angela-Eloise at 8:41 AM