Gardening Notes to Daughters

(my tomatoes)

Everything in my garden is

‘expecting’

right now.



I continue to be amazed that things will

grow for me.



Note to Daughters:  Don’t make simple, wonderful things complicated

as I have at times.

If you want to be a gardener,

dig a hole,

plant something,

nurture it as best you can,

and wait.

It is what it is.

(our wild olive tree that is ancient and still keeps blooming each spring)

As in life,

isn’t it always the babies that make things fun?

(an elderly airplane plant still sprouting babies)

Next Note to Daughters:

Some things worth waiting for take time.

I have been diligently working on my garden , since

I retired from teaching,

for 3 years.



And,

there is no comparison to the feeling you have when you

see something sprout from the work you have done,

from your soil,

and not the work that a nursery has forced or accomplished.

(my zinnias preparing to bloom)


Next Note To Daughters:

Having said that,

I am now going to contradict myself.



If stopping by Home Depot,

after a long day in court defending your clients, (daughter #1)

or a crazy day of TAKS testing or dealing with cheerleading conflicts,(daughter #3)

or

a day when you have 500 library books to shelf and no help in sight,(daughter #2)

is the simplest way

you can bring

beauty and simplicity

and gardening into your life,

then

stop at Home Depot

and buy something

blooming and beautiful.

No harm- no foul.

(caladiums from Happiness Farm )

(lantana by the gate)

(Belinda’s Dream rose )

Love, Mom.

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