I was thinking about buying the above T-shirt
for Joe. On a practical note, he only wears plain T-shirts in public so it
would be a waste of money as I already know he is thinking about plants... and
to be fair he is not always thinking about getting more plants,
he also thinks about planting, watering, and nurturing them.
The T-shirt would also be more accurate if
it had a raised flower bed or yard with plants on it. I am the one who loves
plants in the house. I buy them and then he ends up watering them at least half
of the time. Before retirement he did the watering 99.9% of the time.
Joe is very mindful about listening when I
am talking. If he knows I am talking to him. There are times when it is only
the two of us in the room and I start talking. He will turn to me and ask if I
am talking to him. He has told me on more than one occasion I need to say his
name first to get his attention. I get this, I really do, since he talks to
himself frequently, he may think I am talking to myself.
Joe is also mindful about listening when
neighbors stop by to chat while he is working in the yard. I am grateful they have
stopped because otherwise he would not have taken breaks from digging and
shoveling. He is happy doing these chores and he appreciates how much stronger
his arms have grown over the past three months. A normal day is at least five
hours of work out in the yard as he tries to get it fixed up the way he wants
it to look. His ultimate goal is to have a yard requiring extraordinarily
little maintenance.
That will give him more time to water the
plants in the house.
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