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Poppy’s Secret Garden

September 24, 2009 by Carol

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In Memory of my father.

Today would have been his 83rd birthday. His garden still thrives, his garden gnomes still guard the little creatures who visit.

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7 Responses

on September 24, 2009 at 3:50 pm | Reply Sheila Deeth

What a lovely tribute to your father, and what a lovely garden.
on September 25, 2009 at 12:48 pm | Reply Carol

Thankyou Sheila, its nice to sit and look at the garden.
on September 25, 2009 at 1:03 pm | Reply jel

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on September 26, 2009 at 5:41 am | Reply Martin

Beautiful pic!
on September 27, 2009 at 1:16 am | Reply Sylvia

Your dad wold have loved that tribute and Lily will love those wonderful descriptive words. X
on September 27, 2009 at 8:19 am | Reply Joyce Smith

This is a lovely tribute to your father. During my mother’s illness, my Daddy planted a garden just outside her bedroom window so she could look out at it. He still maintains it today even though she passed away in 2000. Every spring we look forward to the new flowers coming up through the ground. I’m quite sure that there are many fairies and gnomes lving amongst the leaves and stems and under the umbrella tops of the flowers.

God Bless,
Mimmy
on September 27, 2009 at 1:19 pm | Reply Carol

Sylvia , I did actually get to read this poem to my dad, I don’t think he really understood it, but he did recognise his garden..My daughter Tanya read this at his funeral..

Mimmy, it is so very special looking forward to new flowers which grow each year. I remember back to when my mother in law passed away almost 20 years now, we found jars and packets of seeds everywhere, she was a keen gardener. After things had settled down the kids and I decided to plant them in one of my gardens ( I don’t have green thumb at all) They asked what would grow, I said only God knows, it will be a surprise. They called it God’s Garden.. it was a surprise and still today there are a few which still surprise me..

Thankyou Martin for your visit