WOW! Where the bleep has the last 2 months gone???

I’ve been so caught up in my creative work for ‘Maggie’s Garden’ exhibition in November 2020 I didn’t notice how much time had gone by!

To be honest, it took me quite awhile to get started. Every time I looked at the photos I’d begin thinking of my mother, Margaret (Maggie) Walford, & memories would flood in, then I’d remember she’d died, & I couldn’t talk to her anymore, & I’d have to walk away for awhile. Sigh. This went on for a few weeks, until I realized I was grieving for conversations we couldn’t now have. Thankfully I kept returning to the pile of photos everyday, & was inspired by an insight that I COULD still have conversations with her, via the photos of her garden, & with that inspiration in mind, I finally made some progress!!!!

What’s really interesting now is, as I’m working, there are so many little memories returning to me of her, like randomly remembering the feel of her hands tying ribbons in my ponytails when I was very young! So many snippets of her are returning to me, as I’m working with the photos of her garden. Most unexpected…..but kinda nice too… that my mum is still ‘alive’ to me, & having ‘conversations’ via memories.

I’m sure this will have an influence on the spirit of the exhibition! I mean… how could it not?

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Vicky xxx