His cane sank into the damp soil as he carefully moved through the vast garden. The backyard had long ago succumbed to the flowing mass of flowers grown from a handful of bulbs from their honeymoon, carefully cared for and delicately replanted over the years. He tried unsuccessfully to pull an entrenched weed, maybe he would finally get it tomorrow.
He turned and saw his wife sitting in her wheelchair, watching him through the open window. She could no longer walk along the cobblestone path. Each morning he prepared a vase of freshly cut lilies for her to enjoy inside.
(Photo credit: “Orange Daylily, possibly a garden hybrid cultivar. Ukraine.” Selected as the Picture of the Day, Wikimedia Commons on August 16, 2012)
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