These hands of a gardener
These hands of a gardener show their real age. There are no lovely long painted nails, and perfect skin. Cut scraped and ragged, these are the hands of a gardener.
Out in all weather, they have gardened in the raging sun, and the freezing winter temperatures.
They are hands that have mixed soil, filled pots, and planted seeds. Lifted endless watering cans, and watered hundreds of accumulated acres of plants. These hands of a gardener have nurtured tiny seedlings, and hauled Christmas trees in the rain.
These hands of a gardener have pushed wheelbarrows, chopped weeds, and dug soil. They have sprinkled unlimited amounts of seed to create
masses of summer color.
They have picked up tools, and pruned branches, deadheaded flowers, until they ached all night.
They are showing their real age, and it is only the beginning.
Because these are the hands of a gardener.
These hands of a gardener show their real age. There are no lovely long painted nails, and perfect skin. Cut scraped and ragged, these are the hands of a gardener.
Out in all weather, they have gardened in the raging sun, and the freezing winter temperatures.
They are hands that have mixed soil, filled pots, and planted seeds. Lifted endless watering cans, and watered hundreds of accumulated acres of plants. These hands of a gardener have nurtured tiny seedlings, and hauled Christmas trees in the rain.
These hands of a gardener have pushed wheelbarrows, chopped weeds, and dug soil. They have sprinkled unlimited amounts of seed to create
masses of summer color.
They have picked up tools, and pruned branches, deadheaded flowers, until they ached all night.
They are showing their real age, and it is only the beginning.
Because these are the hands of a gardener.
They are beautiful hands who have planted so many colorful blooms to photograph! I remember looking closely at grandma's hands when I was little. She love to garden, sew and bake and her hands always amazed me. Have a great day.
ReplyDeleteBut what magic they can create! (I have gardener's hands too)!
ReplyDeleteMy hands have looked like my mother's for years. Crepey and wrinkled and very brown. Easily they look 15 years older than I really am.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I look at my hands and am amazed at what they can do, how perfectly made for work they are. Then there are time I look at my hands and wonder where the scars and sunspots got there! LOVE this post, Kim
ReplyDeleteJen, this is beautifully written. Yes our hands, our face whatever it may be can tell the story of lives lived fully of experiences we've had, we should find joy in that.
ReplyDeleteI would never have thought that hands holding tools could be a thing of such beauty. Gardeners are an interesting lot, not just in what they accomplish in a garden, but in how they live in tune to nature and seasons.
ReplyDeleteYou have beautiful hands! So light and graceful when compared to your tools.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great post. Loved the photos!
ReplyDeleteJen .. I think so much of the time we take our hands for granted .. this is a good time to reflect and be grateful we can do the amazing things we do ! And yes ! most certainly our hands have been in the earth and connected with it in a way that hands which never touch dirt, well they have no idea do they ? How can you go through life not touching the earth the way we do ?
ReplyDeletePerfect Post girl !
Joy : )
I think they look like lovely nurturing, creative hands.
ReplyDeleteThey are the hands of a Gardener and they are lovely.
ReplyDeleteVery nice, Jen!
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to stop by to say how much I enjoyed reading this post & to say hello. You have a great blog and really interesting photo's too. Best wishes and thank you for sharing...
ReplyDeleteMine are not the hands of a gardener, but the hands of a handiworker. Nine nice enough fingers and thumbs for a 50 something, and one shredded middle finger on the left. And I'm happy enough with it, for it produces beautiful croched doilies that I will share next summer with family near and far, well known and never met folks, and I can hardly wait. Hands do tell a tale, don't they!
ReplyDeleteThe hands of a gardener are beautiful and so full of life / gittan
ReplyDeleteOkay... these photos are absolutely gorgeous and entrancing at the same time. And I love your words that accompany them. Probably because they describe my hands too.
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