My Father’s Garden

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Joanne Edith

It was the antithesis of his back-breaking days and skin-cracked nights.

After a workday of job-site floors and walls, back-splashes and hearths – unique patterns, lovingly placed, grouted, washed and polished; he’d grab a beer and head out back.

Raising a plucked “Better Boy” to his face, he inhaled its promise of lusciousness, while gently rubbing the shiny, smooth skin against his face; a sharp contrast to the dry, cracked joints of his epoxy-eaten fingers.

His garden is now and will forever remain symbolic of his legacy; a legacy of passion, family, love and joy in simple pleasures.

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This was ‘prompted’ by Velvet Verbosity 100 word challenge: Heiress.

http://www.velvetverbosity.com/100-words/
http://www.velvetverbosity.com/blog/2014/6/9/100-words-382-swooning-over-vintage-books

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Category: Family, Photo Essays, Photography, Prose, Travel Photos, Velvet Verbosity 100-word Challenge, Well-struck NotesTags: Better Boy, Ceramic tile, Father, Father's Day, Garden, Heiress, Jersey Tomato, Legacy, legacy of Love, Postaday, Tile man, Wordpress

7 Comments on “My Father’s Garden”

BCIJo (aka Joanne Edith)
June 16, 2014

Yes, his warmth and love are always around us. I only wish he could have met his five great-grandsons (my grandsons) and five great-granddaughters (my sister’s granddaughters). But we take are to tell them all about him and my Mom. Thanks for your comment.

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Seyi sandra
June 16, 2014

Beautifully written.

I miss my dad, and reading this makes me remember the legacy of love fathers like him left behind, even when they are no more! thanks for sharing!

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cshowers
June 13, 2014

Well done! What a beautiful tribute to good, hardworking fathers who sacrifice themselves for their families.

God bless you,
Cheryl

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- BCIJo (aka Joanne Edith)
  June 14, 2014
  
  Thank you. He is still with us in our hearts and memories, especially when we hold and smell a big ripe Jersey Tomato. It’s funny how certain scents and smells can conjure up such strong images and emotions. Those days as children were difficult financially,but we had love and fun and took pleasure in life’s simple gifts. He taught us well! Thank you for your comment, Cheryl.
  
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  - cshowers
    June 14, 2014
    
    Thank you for sharing a piece of yourself.
    
    God bless you,
    Cheryl
    
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Eileen Gail
June 12, 2014

Just beautiful, and how true your words are as they do describe our wonderful father” .love it. And you

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- BCIJo (aka Joanne Edith)
  June 12, 2014
  
  Thanks…yes..how to capture his essence in a hundred words…so hard…this is just a glimpse, and a fond recollection on this Fathers Day.
  
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