74歲失明老人培育花海 用心感受美好

With nearly two dozen beautiful hanging baskets sporting a stunning array of coloured begonias, Joe Robinson's garden is the envy of his neghbours.
擁有差不多24盆種著驚艷、五彩繽紛的海棠花的美麗掛籃，喬羅賓森的花園一直都被鄰居們嫉妒著。


But while the 74-year-old's efforts draw compliments from friends and complete strangers, Joe will never see the fruits of his labours - he is completely blind.
然而儘管這位74歲老人的努力得到了朋友甚至是陌生人的讚歎，喬永遠都看不到自己勞動的果實——他完全失明了。


Joe lost his sight completely after developing an eye condition 20 years ago but his green-fingers didn't lose their touch.
喬的眼睛20年前出現問題后，完全失去了視力，但是他「勤勞愛植物」的雙手卻不想失去觸碰綠葉的機會。


He creates his pride and joy in the village of Crook, County Durham, using only his sense of smell and touch and has even won awards for his efforts.
他在英國達勒姆郡的克魯克鄉村裡創造了自己的驕傲和快樂，而且是只憑藉嗅覺和觸覺就做到了，他的努力還使他得了一些獎。




Former factory worker Joe said: 'When I became totally blind it never occurred to me to stop - although I can』t see what I』m doing, I work by sense of touch and smell.
喬以前是一位工廠工人，他說：「當我完全失明以後，從沒有想過停止，儘管我不能看到我做的事，但我可以依靠觸覺和嗅覺。」


'At first I did worry I wouldn』t be able to grow things so well but people come from all over to see the garden, we even had a couple from New Zealand drop in recently.'
「起初我確實擔心過我可能不能再好好種東西了，不過人們從各地過來欣賞花園，最近還有一對來自紐西蘭的夫婦拜訪我們。」


Joe's wife Heather is allergic to flowers so is unable to help in the garden, but the couple's grandson Jamie hangs the baskets and helps tidy the garden.
喬的妻子希瑟對花過敏，因此她無法幫忙照料花園，但是這對老夫婦的孫子傑米會幫助掛花籃以及清理花園。