To all the dads out there, I hope you had a great Father’s Day! You make your kids proud!
Although parents do their best in raising their kids, it is such a blessing to hear the impact of a father on his children and the love and respect that they have for him right from their very own lips.
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I hear it over and over again, even though I’ve known it for years. The pleasure of nurturing a garden is fastly becoming a favourite pastime for all ages. As I’ve said before, the man of our house decided to give it a try a few years ago and now he’s hooked and can hardly take his eyes off his plot; I’m almost getting a little jealous, as he makes a point of checking it out at least three times a day. Competitive by nature, he eyes up his in comparison to others and of course, his rates full marks…at least compared to my garden this year. He did, however, have at least a three week start. I was a little tardy getting my garden in as I had two little moles digging in there everyday…aka my two precious grandsons. In fact, maybe I should have had the 4 ½ year-old help me plant mine, as he helped his grandpa do his and look at the results.
And then I heard yesterday from my bros, how he (who has never let any moss grow under his feet) is getting soft to puttering in the garden patch, too, telling me how much he is enjoying it this year. Up to now, I think he thought gardening was women’s work.
Look what COVID has done!
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I sure am glad that the lakes, parks and campsites are now open for the outdoorsy. If you can’t get away too far, at least you can enjoy a change of scenery and routine, even for a weekend, to do some fishing, camping or glamping, and stargazing or maybe gazing starry-eyed into your sweetie’s peepers under a full-moon.
I can’t forget to mention the pleasure it will be to sit around an open campfire shooting the breeze with friends social distancing.
And as the temperature forecast climbs offering a few degrees more of comfort, let’s hope the winds disappear, because it almost makes it impossible to shoot the breeze comfortably in hurricane force elements.
So whatever you do, have fun, stay safe and appreciate each day for what it is…
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