Number 8: A Lotus Ceremony

I was so taken in by the beauty of the lotus ponds at Saraswati Temple in Ubud, Bali last October. Bev and I stood rather stunned at the scale of the plant with its large coarse leaves, the meter high stems and the dinner plate sized luscious pink flowers with their secret yellow centre.

NUMBER EIGHT:

A Lotus Ceremony.

Justin ordered lotus plant seeds from China last year and he has patiently and gently germinated a seed and nurtured the fragile unfurling leaves. 

And he has done this for me! He was ready to bring the plant to its intended home.

So I created a ceremony to welcome the delicate plant to our pond in the front garden. It is potted in mud, in a quiet part of the pond with lots of dappled light.

It is a deeply symbolic plant for so many eastern cultures and religions. One  remarkable quality is its will to live, a seed can survive hundreds of years. 

So it is a most welcome plant in our home, I thank Justin for bringing it here and I hope it flourishes and stays true to its innate will to survive against all odds.