The Old Gardener - Emile Claus 1849-1924...when your back stops aching and your
hands begin to harden,
you will find yourself a partner
in the Glory of the Garden.
from a Rudyard Kipling poem
hands begin to harden,
you will find yourself a partner
in the Glory of the Garden.
from a Rudyard Kipling poem
I'm doing this at the moment..just came in for a break..out I go again..at least it's overcast today which helps..hot bath up to the neck with Radox muscle soak always helps..happy gardening
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo...but at this point in my life, I have to garden in the early morning "shade"...the heat and hunidity later in the day leave me too, feeling like he looks!
ReplyDeleteRallentanda...thanks for visiting; I didn't know you were a fellow Aussie and a poet! Hubby came home from NZ today; I'll get him to fill the wheelbarrows with mulch and I'll do the easy spreading! Radox is on the shopping list for tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteWanda...exactly what I try to do; one hour each morning in the cool of the day and it gets done eventually. Very hot here today! I've got my massage cushion going!
ReplyDeleteI really do need to steal that cushion in the computer room! The computer I use is in a separate room(I call it my Quiet room).
ReplyDeleteWanda...I have my own room too. It helps to have every comfort and all your 'things' within reach!
ReplyDeleteHi Alaine,
ReplyDeleteGardening is much nicer when one can sit back and admire someone else's handiwork!
I like the Florence pic.
Gosh, his feet are huge! He reminds me of Robert Shaw. Great painting.
ReplyDeleteAmazing painting..I think the garden saves him! Surely the beauty helps!
ReplyDeleteWillow... haha, I noticed that too; the feet and yes, Robert Shaw! Emile Claus did some lovely work; someone I've just 'discovered'.
ReplyDeleteDerrick.. I'd loveto have a gardener...plus a chef, plus a masseur, plus a PT!!!
ReplyDeleteLyn...it does and I stop to admire it often; that's why the process is so prolonged! My next house will have lawn up to the bricks and a couple of potted conifers either side of the entry!
ReplyDeleteLove the painting. His bare feet...
ReplyDeleteHope you are feeling okay.
I really liked your new addition for blogging (last post.) I sit sidways in my chair by the window. It won't be long, and I'll have something growing at an angle. Geeze
Hello Nancy, thanks for visiting! Oh, do you have a bad back too?
ReplyDeleteOH, I loved this! Gardening is so much fun, but such hard work, too!
ReplyDeleteBetsy...thank you. It's all worth it at the end of the day! Thank you for following me!
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