Hope
Colonel Tom Moore reached one hundred this week, celebrated with a personal fly past from the RAF and 140,000 birthday cards and counting, rising to fame and national treasure status following his decision to walk around his garden to raise funds for the NHS. His daughter said that what he had given the country through his actions and attitude was hope.
This week it is all about hope, and that is definitely one of the great things that gardening teaches me, and gives me. I, and many others have been planting seeds lately-sunflower, poppy, cucumber, sweet pea-and I just love it when the first shoot appears and you know that a new plant is on its way- makes me happy! This is often despite me putting the seed in upside down/ in the wrong compost/ sown too late and endless other varieties of 'wrongs'.
I saw a post on Facebook this week- a woman posted a picture of a plant and said, " I don't know what is wrong with my tomato plant?". Reply- " That is not a tomato plant." !!!!
My friend Colette summed up what being in the garden means for her when she heard I was doing this blog, and she says it so well...
There are so many things that we are not allowed to, or are not able to do at the moment, but it seems to be opening up reasons and opportunities to do other things that we have not got round to for so long, (our pond). It has definitely shown us that there are things we really didn't have to do be doing-shopping EVERY day!!!
A friend, Rebecca, who lives in Jersey, wrote this lovely song, and has used it as tribute to the key workers there-see link below. At the end she says, " The world is still alive, still blossoming."
In the Bible, in the book of Hebrews, it says, "Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see."
One small step taken, one small seed planted-who knows what it will bring?!
We keep hoping.