My mother Pixie adopted me in the month of July or August of 2007. She was a darling of each and every member of the family, including Winnie and Goldie(female and male Golden Retrievers.)
She was always by my side aware of my sorrow and happiness. She enjoyed a stroll alongside me after dinner. She loved to be near me while I tried my hand in doodling, writing or crafting anything expressing my thoughts and emotions.
In the month of October, the local veterinarian diagnosed her with kidney problems. Within a span of a month and a half, her condition deteriorated in spite of medical intervention, Sad enough, we were the cause of the delay in the medical intervention. On December 4, 2019, Pixie suffered from severe indigestion and loss of appetite. We consulted a veterinarian,, who prescribed medicines for her along with ORS. She didn't respond positively to antibiotic and steroid medicines vet gave to her through drips. We tried in every possible way to save her from the ailment and its agony, but could not stop Pixie from breathing her last on December 10, 2019. Her final resting place is in a garden. We spread flowers all over her so that they would dry up into seeds growing into flowering plants over her mortal remains.
She fell ill while I was making this flower pot and on the night of December 9, 2019, while I was completing the pot with the hope that it would have a positive effect on Pixie relaxing on her bedroll laid on the floor close to me. She kept observing me working on the flower pot and stopped groaning in pain. She looked at me when I stopped painting the flower pot as though she was asking me, "So, you have finally made the flower pot!" I sat down beside her, talking to her and caressing her pain-ridden frail body. Both of us did not know this was the last work we did and completed together.
May Mamma Pixie's noble soul be blessed with eternal peace.
On December 10, I planted bleeding heart leaves in the flower pot in loving memory of Mamma Pixie,
Materials Used to Make the Flower Pot:
- Four 2 liter bottles of Pepsi and 7Up bottles
- Two plastic straw
- Thermacol sheet
- The base of four cans of Schweppes Ginger Ale
- Iron nails
- Paper pulp of three newspapers
- Oil Paint
Tools Used:
- Clipper
- Pair of scissors
- Knife
- Glue gun and glue sticks
- Fevicol MR glue
- Blender-mixer to make a paste of shredded pieces of newspaper soaked in hot water mixed with vinegar and salt.
- Strainer to strain out extra water from paper pulp
- Paintbrush
- Paint thinner
- Newspaper to place the flower pot (in-the-making) on.
- Cloth rag to clean paintbrush.
- Palette to mix paint.
The final result of Mamma Pixie's inspiring presence:
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