Monday, August 18, 2025

Tin Man Troubles


     Tin Man's Problem 

Tin Man had troubles.  Rust was beginning to form on his limbs, all four.   Being a gardener of kind he turned to me for help.  Caught me on Saturday's visit to the city garden, famed Yellow Brick Road checking my shopping list.  I remembered my mother helping grandmother with the same problem only much worse, the elderly lady was cured of the rust in six days. 

Mother used her secret concoction, squeeze the juices in equal amounts.  Ingredients were simple, all from my garden. One fourth pint of each, mothers song, “The future gathers in vine, bush, and tree: Persimmon, walnut, loquat, fig, and grape.”  Now five pints of sticky-like green, his rust should go away the second week of dally applications. 

Bless my mother's green thumb, her home remedy medicine worked with Tin Man, his rust was gone the second week. 

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 - Photo and Poem Copyright ©️ jimmiehov 2025 All Rights Reserved.

 - I am linked with Sanaa at dVerse, at https://dversepoets.com/2025/08/18/prosery-yvors-time-and-the-garden/ for the prompt lines, "The future gathers in vine, bush, and tree: Persimmon, walnut, loquat, fig, and grape.”  ( From the poem “Time and the Garden.” )

 - Using Prose is to be this Prosery Monday and is not to be over 144 words. Mine is 144 words. 

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7 Comments:

At Monday, August 18, 2025 5:58:00 PM, Anonymous JadeLi said...

What a wonderful story. It made me smile. Jim, so good to see you back at dVerse!!! Where have you been??

 
At Monday, August 18, 2025 9:56:00 PM, Blogger Dwight L. Roth said...

This one made me smile, Jim.

 
At Tuesday, August 19, 2025 1:16:00 AM, Blogger Kim M. Russell said...

A delightful story, Jim. It made me smile too.

 
At Tuesday, August 19, 2025 2:49:00 AM, Blogger brudberg said...

Nice one, we all need to clean out our rust sometimes

 
At Tuesday, August 19, 2025 11:40:00 AM, Blogger Sanaa Rizvi said...

I smiled at this one, Jim! Beautifully done 💙💙

 
At Tuesday, August 19, 2025 5:04:00 PM, Anonymous Sunra Rainz said...

What a lovely story, Jim! I love that you turned the prompt line into a song. It actually felt a true family anecdote 🙂

 
At Tuesday, August 19, 2025 9:44:00 PM, Blogger Lisa said...

What a clever way to use the quote!

 

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