14-05-2019, 08:02 PM
14910
Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
The older I become, the more I am able to relate events of yesteryear with life today.
My Nan for example. Us kids wouldn’t ever ask of a drink because all her crockery and cutlery was not clean and her glass tumblers were often in use as a receptacle for dentures.
I even in later years teased a story out of this.
I’d say that I have had a terrible pain in my jaw for the last week, only relieved when I realised I was wearing nurse Gillian’s dentures. Easily done when you keep them all in the same glass tumbler.
Zap, forward 65 years to 2019 & we have our youngest 2 granddaughters for tea.
“Granddad, this spoon is dirty “
Actual ly, they belonged to our grandparents and were just old and worn. They are probably one hundred years old.
I began to ponder on how I became old, & like my nan, could not be bothered with trivia.
I pottered in my daughter’s garden this afternoon, pruning, weeding, and talking to the plants.
I was and am a great gardener; it is one thing that I excel at, without trying.
I KNOW what to do, I don’t have to look up plant names, or anything else, After being schooled in horticulture I pondered today on how I became a great gardener....
It was my Nan of course; she did not have books or Monty Don she mixed vet, fruit and flowers using every space just like modern practise. We were sent out on the road to collect the steaming hot dung left by the milk mans horse, to put on her roses and runner beans.
I’m tired
Bear with me; I will come to my point later chums