“Granddad your garden
Is full of weeds,
Says five year old Hannah.
I say, Hannah, these
Are blackjacks:
The wild canaries like them
The butterflies like them
The bees like them
So I like them.”
-Taken from Butterflies & Blackjacks, Poems from a Maritzburg Garden, Clive Lawrance. Published by ‘Abound‘ 2010.
I enjoyed this! It’s a reminder of so many good things–your garden, sweet Hannah, and learning to appreciate even the lesser appreciated things in life. I’ll look at my own very weedy garden with more forgiving eyes today.
-Chrissy (stayed in PMB and went to Church on the Ridge 2008-2009…)
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