I found a birthday gift on my porch yesterday from an artist friend. Beautiful hand-painted blue and white blocks nestled in a hand-painted box. A note said that they were,
Sky Blocks, a cosmology
108 sides
for meditation
for peace
for love
I thanked her in my heart and admired them stacked up in their box but wasn't really sure what to do with them.
Thank goodness for five year olds who have no such hesitations! As soon as she got home from school, she oohed and ahed over them then started stacking them, moving them, playing with them. And as she did, I did to.
Thank you, Meg! And thank you, Maia!
16 Comments
frivolitea
April 1, 2011 at 7:08 amWhat a wonderful set of blocks!
Jennifer
April 1, 2011 at 8:54 amThose are gorgeous!! Love them!
Sarah
April 1, 2011 at 8:54 amThey are beautiful. What are they painted with?
Jennifer
April 1, 2011 at 8:59 amBeautiful!!!
Anna
April 1, 2011 at 9:45 amWhat a lovely friend! It’s so special to receive home made gifts.
jen
April 1, 2011 at 10:56 amThey are really lovely!
Rachelle
April 1, 2011 at 11:11 amThey are gorgeous!! We recently made art dice — your pretty birthday dice would be fun to play with in a similar way. http://tinkerlab.com/2011/03/art-dice/
tasha
April 1, 2011 at 1:35 pmSimply gorgeous!!! And from my home to yours- HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Melissa Taylor
April 1, 2011 at 1:59 pmthey do make me feel peaceful – the color blue captures a sereneness.
Lora @ my blessed life
April 1, 2011 at 3:01 pmBeautiful! Blue and white is my favorite color combination:)
www.theevolvinghomemaker.com
April 1, 2011 at 8:57 pmThose are cool. What a sweet surprise to find on your porch! And a lovely gift idea no less! This one will go in my brain trunk to be used later…
:)
Jen
Dancerbeez
April 2, 2011 at 10:18 pmhope you had an amazing birthday!! :) those blocks are really lovely…and 108 is a magic number.
Samantha King
April 2, 2011 at 11:12 pmAmazingly beautiful and tranquil!! I wish more presents where artistic and earth as this! Thanks for sharing!
Timma Sue
April 3, 2011 at 1:45 pmI absolutely love these! I pinned them to my pinterest board. http://pinterest.com/pin/11524547/
Jean Van't Hul
April 4, 2011 at 8:14 amWow! LOVE your art dice! I’m going to have to make some of those!
Meg
April 5, 2011 at 1:48 pmOh Jean, I finally just now saw this. To see your girl doing exactly what I’d hoped she would do with them makes me burst! Thanks so much for sharing. Meg