As I was posting about our grape harvest on my blog last week I was drawn to the pictures of my children’s hands…
These hands were busy picking…
And then popping grapes into mouths…
It got me thinking about all the things my childrens’ hands do each day…
All the wonderful things they have learned to do on the farm…
My kids’ hands know that grapes grow on vines, planted in the ground, tended and harvested in the warm sunshine…
They know how a warm egg feels fresh from the nest…and know to be quick to avoid an irate hen!
They know that bunnies are ohhh so soft…and camels…well not so much!
Those hands have been scratched by wild blackberries…but have found that their mouths thought it was worth it!
They have dug potatoes that they themselves had planted…
Those hands have snuck tomatoes from their mama’s bowl right in the garden…and felt no guilt whatsoever!
Little kids hands are good at gutting pumpkins…especially when the pumpkins are from their very own patch!
My childrens’ hands have learned to care for animals…and that camels like watermelon!
They have learned that the sweetest gift can be a wildflower…both to their mama and all the beneficial insects that they hold in the garden.
As little as they are these hands know that blueberries do no grow in cartons on the grocery store shelves…
And if you hold really, really still you can watch a tree frog breath as it sits on your thumb!
Yes it is amazing what little hands can learn…
It will be even more amazing what these little hands will do in the future to nurture and take care of the earth that they have grown to respect and love…
And sometimes eat…
Yummy, dirt good mama!
If you say so Baby Boy!
Kim can also be found over at the inadvertent farmer where she raises organic fruits, veggies, critters, kids…and a camel!
Another thoughtful post; one that will be looked back on as those hands grow larger and stronger. Thank you for providing our society with well ‘grounded’ future citizens.
Sweet post. Had I known how much farm life would positively effected my childrens upbringing I would have been planning this lifestyle when they were in the womb. So glad things worked out the way the day. There is no such life like it!
Beautiful!! Such hope those hands hold, huh?