~ A Gardener's Thanksgiving ~
Let us give
thanks for a bounty of people:
For
children who are our second planting, and though they grow like
weeds and the wind too soon blows them away, may they forgive us
our cultivation and fondly remember where their roots are;
For generous friends with hearts and smiles as
bright as their blossoms;
For feisty friends as tart as apples;
For continuous friends, who, like scallions and
cucumbers, keep reminding us that we've had them;
For crotchety friends, as sour as rhubarb and
as indestructible;
For handsome friends, who are as gorgeous as
eggplants and as elegant as a row of corn, and the other, plain
as potatoes and as good for you;
For funny friends, who are as silly as Brussels
Sprouts and as amusing as Jerusalem Artichokes, and serious
friends, as complex as cauliflowers and as intricate as onions;
For friends as unpretentious as cabbages, as
subtle as summer squash, as persistent as parsley, as delightful
as dill, as endless as zucchini, and who, like parsnips, can be
counted on to see you through the winter;
For old friends, nodding like sunflowers in the
evening-time, and young friends coming on as fast as radishes;
For loving friends, who wind around us like
tendrils and hold us, despite our blights, wilts and witherings;
And finally, for those friends now gone, like
gardens past that have been harvested, and who fed us in their
times that we might have life thereafter;
For all these we give thanks.
~ Reverend
Max Coots
1928-2009
Happy
Thanksgiving!
From Kevin & Shelly Marsh
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