Remembering With Flowers

Last week Sall and I attended

his sister's funeral...

such a sad occasion,

Sall's sister, Nicky, lost her battle with cancer

 at the age of 67...

Like my husband,

she too had a green thumb,

her and her husband's yard

was always picture perfect enough

to do a full spread in

"Better Homes and Gardens"

a couple of times she would

send HUGE hydrangeas home 

with me

(enough to share with mother too)

Nicky always asked about

my mom and would send

her love and her flowers...

I will miss my chatter-box

sister-in-law...

and every time I look

at a hydrangea I will think of 

her and her sincerity, generosity, 

and thoughtfulness!! 

On the way home Monday

we stopped at the greenhouse

to get our starter plants for the 

summer growing season...

Max had to give up the full back seat...

I crammed plants into every 

nook and cranny of that car!!

He was not impressed...

 

But, I had plans for all of those flowers

and

Sall's cumuber plants took up 

the whole back space!

 

 

And down the road to home

we went...

the car smelling

like a greenhouse,

and me planning

my flower beds

the next 80 miles...

 

Little did I know, I would have 

two big helpers to get 

them all planted!!

Today me and the grand-girlies

delivered and planted flowers

to "Nana"

we had a great time

learning the flower names

and planting them 

 in her pots...

These pots are sure to flourish

as they were all 

planted with "LOVE"

For 31 years I have been taking

flowers to the cemetery with my mother to remember

my father on Memorial Day...

this was the first time we 

had so much fun!!

I think we just started a new tradition!

We decorated my Dad's grave at the cemetery,

we remembered loved ones lost to us...

including Aunt Nicky, Great-Grandma Erden,

Little Dee (the dog) and most recently

Truck (the cat)

we planted Nana's flowers for her,

we toured Shakespeare Garden...

We threw in a quarter

and said 

"Let's do this every year!"

Happy Memorial Day!

Lisa, Domino, and Zelda