Gelsey Kennicot (kennicot) wrote,
@ 2008-03-18 20:20:00

I don't understand why more people don't spend time in the greenhouse! Right now, there is the most lovely growth of honking daisies right now and they are like a gigantic symphony! I'm trying to get them to play like a bass drum along with my singing. Like: they keep the rhythm, and that lets me sing! And the flutterby bushes, they are like maracas. And that makes the fanged geraniums happy, they become quite lovely when there is music around, which is one of the secrets that you just have to learn, but I am happy to pass that along, especially if that's on the exams this week! I wish we had puffapods, though, I have been asking Professor Sprout to plant some, and she is such a dearest, she said that I could after the holiday if I wanted to, and I do! I know that divination is my gift, and I love Seeing, I do, but Seeing takes so much energy and focus, but the plants, they can just be fun and wonderful and just delightful in every inch of the greenhouse without me having to connect with the Inner Eye. Even Venomous Tentacula is wonderful! You just have to respect it and show it that you care for it, and it seems to know! Aren't plants just divine? Like people! You just have to give them love!

Best of luck on exams!

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kennicot
2008-03-19 04:35 am UTC (link)

I just saw it...Ginny is sitting to your left and she looks very tired, and Demelza Robbins is next to her and her hair is very pretty with a red ribbon in it, and Hermione is across from you, and it just happens. I don't know why I saw that? But it's what I thought about all of the sudden. I've never seen that before, but I've Seen a few things with you before, out of the blue, twice when I was talking to Professor Sprout and she mentioned you, once was when you were riding a thestral, but I also love thestrals very much, so it was very exciting to see that! But yes, I would love to read these books, you and I will have to go through them and pick all of the best ones and then talk about them and test them on all of the plants! Oh, this will be so exciting, Neville!

That is such a lovely way of looking at it. I think people search for negativity, and I don't know why. There are a lot of things to be sad about in life, but aren't there so many little wonderful things that we can string together to make something truly amazing instead? Bad things happen and they ask for us to be sad and humble...but really, in an every day normal day, isn't there enough joy around us?

She is a wonderful woman! And a wonderful mother, not many mums would be okay with a daughter like me, but she is so divine, she always encouraged me and even helped me make my first pair of fairy wings when I was only four. I think she felt bad for always working so hard, but I had a lovely childhood, playing at her work and with my own games. I only hope I can be as wise and delightful as her when I grow older. She'll love to have you around! ~~She always wants to be sure that I have friends, you know.~~ We live right in Bloomsbury, by the British Museum, you'll love to visit! There isn't much green, but there's the city, and oh Neville, it's like a playground for the mind! I'll owl Mum right away, and make sure that she knows that you are coming at some point, but I need to send it to the flat, since she's a Muggle, and her work doesn't like owls very much, rushing into the museum.

I make my own fun and my own company. It works for me, I think. Though I love having real friends, like Melanie--and you! ~~I really like you!~~

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lonqbottom
2008-03-19 05:00 am UTC (link)

That does sound like it's going to happen. I had been planning on going to the greenhouses during breakfast one of these days, but it seems like it's going to be some other day and not tomorrow! Sometimes I skip breakfast so I can help Professor Sprout get ready for her classes, sometimes she has so much to do and not a lot of time to do it. You should come with me sometime, too, maybe then we can look at my books before the first classes start? ~~But you've seen me twice? I hope I wasn't doing anything too frightening.~~

For some there is never enough joy about. I reckon it must be a terrible feeling to be someone who is so unhappy a lot of the time. I know I get unhappy sometimes, but it usually doesn't last too long because I think of roses and such. Do you have a favourite coloured rose?

That does sound nice! I'm used to wandering around the garden and then coming in for meals whenever my gran tells me to. I never do anything too strange during the hols and what not, there's usually not much to do. But a playground for the mind...I reckon that sounds like something you have to experience to really understand.

Do you have a lot of fun at Hogwarts?

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kennicot
2008-03-19 05:18 am UTC (link)

Oh, that sounds perfect! And we can pack a little something to eat with us and help and read, and oh, that's so brilliant! And you are so incredibly kind to help her out--or you're a natural teacher. Do you think about going into teaching, perhaps? You can practise on me!

I get unhappy and I get very lonely, especially when people steal my things and break them. I know I'm odd, and I know that I can be annoying, but I don't think it's nice to do mean things to people. But then...I realise that I'm a wizard! I have so much fun at Hogwarts, I do, even if I'm on my own most of the time, there is so much amazing here. So much to learn! I can cast spells...I can go ride a thestral, if Professor Hagrid is around to watch me, I can go smell all of the flowers and dance in the greenhouse...I can't believe that you love smelling the roses, too! I love flowers, so much... My favourite rose--have you seen the peppermint stripe ones that Professor Sprout has in the back? I love the red and white ones? And the orange stripes on yellow roses, those are so beautiful, and they smell so excited, don't you think?

We'll wander the city together and we'll make so much fun, just wanding around the neighbourhoods, and we'll run through Hyde Park and make all of the bird go flying and then maybe dip our toes into the fountain, if it's warm enough. We'll have so much fun! Almost as much fun as school. I do love it here, so much. I don't ever want to leave.

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lonqbottom
2008-03-19 05:29 am UTC (link)

I can bring some bagels and tea. My gran loves sending me all these wonky things to drink. She's been traveling a bit more and always has to get new things from each new place she visits. Me, teaching? Er, I don't think I'd be any good at that! Why, do you think I would be?

People steal your things and break them? That's entirely rude. I break my own things constantly so I know how that feels. If I ever see anyone with something of yours I will get it back for you, yeah? Somehow. Usually I would just let people run off with my things, but I think we have to stand up for ourselves now. And sometimes people are a bit nicer than they used to be. ~~Well. Not Morag. Or Malfoy. Or Pansy. Or any Slytherin, really.~~ I don't think I've ever known someone who's had so much fun like that before, or at least fun that didn't involve Quidditch or Exploding Snap. Oh yes! Merlin, the first time I laid my eyes on them I couldn't breathe!

That does sound very lovely! I've never done so much in one day before. Never? You could teach here, then! Maybe with your ability to See?

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kennicot
2008-03-19 05:39 am UTC (link)

That sounds delicious--and I love interesting and new things to try! And I will bring us along some blueberry jam, too, I think that will be so perfect! And I think you would make a brilliant teacher, Neville, because you are so patient and willing to talk to anyone, which is what teachers need to do, be so willing to help their students and not lose their wits when it's hard to understand, as well as be ruddy fantastic in their area. I think you would make a bang up teacher, and I can't wait to have you teach me! I would love to teach, but I don't know if I could be as good as Professor Trelawney, she's so incredibly gifted with her ability to reach the Inner Eye...and she's so encouraging of me. Oh, no, I don't know if I could ever be as good as her, though I would be happy to live here forever, though I so do want to see the world, and I am quite jealous of your gran!

People steal my things, and sometimes I catch them and a lot of times, I know who did it, but that's okay. Tracey Davis said that I should hex them, but I don't want to bring violence into the world. I want to bring joy, and the hopes that the joy multiplies and cancels out all of the sadness and hurt, and reacting badly over something, even something I love dearly like my antlers or my thestral wings, just seems to encourage more negativity. But I thank you for your offer, and I suppose it will be easy to catch the people, if they are running around with antlers, don't you think! Though I would much rather run around with those roses...they are so beautiful! They are exactly what I think love smells like. Exactly what it does.

Oh, we will have the best time in the city, then! I cannot wait! The holiday will be so exciting now, even more than usual!

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