Our garden project,
which I wrote to you about in one of my earlier blog messages, is in full progress! The
formerly dry open space in front of the office has turned into a lush fertile
green area, with different kinds of flowers, plants and trees. This garden seems
to be the daily topic of discussion, especially during the breaks. Last week I
heard two of the female staff members asking each other about the ‘most
beautiful flower in the garden’, while standing in the shade and observing the
garden professionally. The guards here seem to have the weakest spot for the
new garden. Sometimes I could see one of the guards cutting the grass so
carefully, that it looked like he was giving them a special, fashionable hair-cut. And
everyday someone would come up and show his concern about the growth of the
flowers, plants and grass: “Mister Frank,
more water for plants?” It was quite a challenge to make sure all the grass
and plants would get an even amount of water at the end of the day. To make
life a bit more easy, Frank ordered a small, simple garden sprinkler.
This kind of equipment is really not common here in Kosti and you can imagine
the faces of the guards when they saw Frank turning it on for the first time!
When we came downstairs after some time, we saw one of the guards sitting on
the side of the garden. With his feet up and a nice cup of tea in his hand he sat down in a comfortable chair. With a dreamy, content gaze in his eyes he kept staring at the new water sprinkler, like he was watching a touching film. “Really very, very beautiful, Mister Frank!”, he said with a pleased voice. It shows again that the little things in life can definitely make a big difference!Sunday, September 9, 2012
A sprinkling suprise
Our garden project,
which I wrote to you about in one of my earlier blog messages, is in full progress! The
formerly dry open space in front of the office has turned into a lush fertile
green area, with different kinds of flowers, plants and trees. This garden seems
to be the daily topic of discussion, especially during the breaks. Last week I
heard two of the female staff members asking each other about the ‘most
beautiful flower in the garden’, while standing in the shade and observing the
garden professionally. The guards here seem to have the weakest spot for the
new garden. Sometimes I could see one of the guards cutting the grass so
carefully, that it looked like he was giving them a special, fashionable hair-cut. And
everyday someone would come up and show his concern about the growth of the
flowers, plants and grass: “Mister Frank,
more water for plants?” It was quite a challenge to make sure all the grass
and plants would get an even amount of water at the end of the day. To make
life a bit more easy, Frank ordered a small, simple garden sprinkler.
This kind of equipment is really not common here in Kosti and you can imagine
the faces of the guards when they saw Frank turning it on for the first time!
When we came downstairs after some time, we saw one of the guards sitting on
the side of the garden. With his feet up and a nice cup of tea in his hand he sat down in a comfortable chair. With a dreamy, content gaze in his eyes he kept staring at the new water sprinkler, like he was watching a touching film. “Really very, very beautiful, Mister Frank!”, he said with a pleased voice. It shows again that the little things in life can definitely make a big difference!