Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken, I'm a generation ahead of you, almost. My dad was born in 1897, my mother in 1902. I think the moral of the story is that the old, original strains of most plants have more survival instincts than the current nursery stock. Thanks for looking. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Carney" <kcarney1@cox.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:38 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] IMG: Old Fashioned Snowball Bush > Jim, > > That is a fine image and evocative of one of mine. My grandmother was > born > in 1896, and as a young child the family moved to Oklahoma City from > Kansas. > They brought a lily. When my grandmother died, in 1986, my mom replanted > it > in her flower bed. When she died, I planted it in our front yard. I have > no way to know how old it was when the family moved. But, every year it > blooms and then withers in winter. A message there somewhere, I suppose, > if > only I were a thinker... > > Ken > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/Lily.jpg.html > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- >> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim Nichols >> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:27 PM >> To: LUG@Leica-Users.org >> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Old Fashioned Snowball Bush >> >> It's not Friday, but the linked image represents a part of my life that >> began a long time ago. When I was a child in the 1930s, living in an old >> farmhouse on a family farm in Mississippi, the flowers that I knew were >> those that were obtained from friends and neighbors as cuttings or >> volunteer plants surrounding older plantings. I presume that is how this >> original snowball bush came to be there. Thirty years later, after the >> house was long gone, my wife brought an off-shoot of the bush to our home >> in Tennessee. After having been moved around our back yard several times >> to find a location where it could prosper, it finally found a happy home >> and has really presented us with blooms this year. >> >> Nursery stock, planted a few feet away, has been really disappointing. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Old+Fashioned+Snowball.jpg.html >> >> C&C appreciated. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >