Adieux Stella...

Only 2,5 month ago, since Stella´s post below about Patrick´s experiences about and discovery of grass composting..

And here we are writing to share with you that our beloved Stella passed away on the 6th of November.

After a long and intense time of illness, Stella died in the evening at 10:30pm. She was fighting until the end but was confronted with more and more pain. Before the increasing amount of medication which faded her sense of control she stopped eating and drinking with the inevitable result of her death.

The next day (!) Stella was cremated and her ashes returned on friday. This is how quick it can go here in Portugal.. We decided not to have a funeral service.

Of course there is a big gap in my life now here in Portugal. What is left are the memories of her and they are everywhere. If we would have believed in a God, I could think or say, God has her soul. But she and I did not believe this. So her soul is in her artworks, in her blogs, the way in which she decorated the house and the way of life here at the farm. In that sense the house and the blog are her museum and I will leave it as it is...

A reflection of our life together here...



Video: Drawing´Country life´ by Stella and music ´a Drawing´ composed and  played by Hendrik van Rijn

Stella´s own words in her last post: "No obligations... this gives peace at heart, living in this beautiful country with the one person I love... Stella Pintora has ended... we will be fine". ~ https://stellapintora.blogspot.com/

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(For the vigilant reader, Stella always finished every post with this asterisk. A reference to the Latin meaning of her name, Star..)

In loving remembrance,

Hendrik van Rijn