The Kuma Bush
Last Friday we went over to our nearby garden center and looked around for a special plant, and the plant above, by the lamppost is what we bought. It is called a "Little Lamb Hydrangea," and it is very special to us. On Tuesday we brought home Kuma's ashes in a very nice, carved, wooden box. But we already knew what we were planning on doing with it. When our first Samoyed dog, Cody, died we bought 4 azalea bushes, and placed his ashes below the plants, which then bloomed white every spring. When we moved up to Vermont, we dug up one of the plants to bring with us, and we could still see the ashes in the ground that came with the plant. It is planted at our house here:
The Cody Bush
It is by the rock steps that lead up to the porch door. It blooms white every spring, and we call it the Cody Bush.
Now, we also have a Kuma bush. After we got home, we decided on the spot by the lamppost because we would see it from the house, and also coming down the driveway. It will bloom with white flowers all summer, until early fall, when the blooms turn a light pink color as they begin to fall off. The blooms had already turned pink at the garden center because they will do that faster in a container. There was one white stem left, the lower one on the left side. We dug a deep hole, and placed his ashes in the bottom of it, then placed the plant on the top. It was sad, but it will be a great reminder of Kuma every summer as it blooms and greets us each time we come home, just like he did. There are still times I feel like he is around, still things I do that remind me of him, and I still miss him. We always said he had the best, goofiest personality.
