tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post3422111709750489811..comments2024-03-16T10:01:48.154-07:00Comments on Chronica Domus: Revisiting An Old Friend In The GardenChronica Domushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-14969265260968961992014-05-09T07:10:10.922-07:002014-05-09T07:10:10.922-07:00ELS, John would have given Dionysus a run for his ...ELS, John would have given Dionysus a run for his money. Even today, we always toast him whenever we break into a particularly tasty wine and think how much John would have enjoyed it too.Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-36850140767766893992014-05-09T05:44:48.961-07:002014-05-09T05:44:48.961-07:00Loved the description of your friend - we all need...Loved the description of your friend - we all need frivolous amusing people to remind us to drink wine in the aftermath of a party...ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-47767893029580356442014-05-08T10:29:56.393-07:002014-05-08T10:29:56.393-07:00Hello Bebe,
Thank you so much for your thoughtful...Hello Bebe,<br /><br />Thank you so much for your thoughtful and very kind comment. Indeed, you exhibit the signs of a true gardener if you are willing to partake of desultory excursions into the garden and drop everything for it. It can be quite addicting at times.Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-74874733315378548982014-05-08T06:43:27.776-07:002014-05-08T06:43:27.776-07:00The plants that live among us earn a place in our ...The plants that live among us earn a place in our hearts as members of our family. We care for them, and are comforted by them, they decorate our lives and we toil for their well-being. Your honeysuckle is a perfect way to memorialize a cherished friendship<br />I am determined to read your beautiful blog at bedtime only as your gorgeous garden pictures inspire me to cast aside all my appointments and head to the nursery.<br />Bebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16890730800940018414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-89602970080474133612014-05-05T09:43:45.571-07:002014-05-05T09:43:45.571-07:00Hello Hattatts,
Indeed, as you have written in y...Hello Hattatts, <br /><br />Indeed, as you have written in your very kind comment, the world needs such people as John. From everything you've revealed of yourselves, I am certain that John would have adored wallowing in your company.<br />Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-19019191892692019192014-05-05T00:25:32.118-07:002014-05-05T00:25:32.118-07:00Hello:
We are so very touched by this post which ...Hello:<br /><br />We are so very touched by this post which serves as a joyous reminder of a very dear friend, John, about whom you write with very real love and affection. That he should no longer be with you is so very sad for the world needs such people. But, of course, his spirit lives on. You are reminded of him through the flowering of the honeysuckle but that, in truth, is simply a prompt for he is clearly not forgotten at any time.<br /><br />During our gardening years, where peonies remained one of our all time favourite perennials, we would often fail to remember the correct name of a plant but never the person who had given it to us. In such ways are associations kept alive. Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-49716022666255346812014-05-04T08:58:54.317-07:002014-05-04T08:58:54.317-07:00Hello Lindaraxa,
Thank you for your thought provo...Hello Lindaraxa,<br /><br />Thank you for your thought provoking comment. It now has me wondering what I would do if I were to one day move. So much of us goes into our gardens. <br /><br />I'm happy to read that your horrendous winter has provided a boost for your peonies. That is good news indeed!Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-73481004778526225972014-05-04T08:47:57.812-07:002014-05-04T08:47:57.812-07:00Hello Columnist,
How wonderful that you are in a ...Hello Columnist,<br /><br />How wonderful that you are in a position to plant trees (sans plaques). You must visit them, and your friends, as you shall find those trees to be lovelier than on the day they were planted and will surely be a treasure trove of beauty for future generations.Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-37991519643566984532014-05-04T07:22:41.604-07:002014-05-04T07:22:41.604-07:00Plants are such a wonderful way to remind us of pe...Plants are such a wonderful way to remind us of people and events dear to our hearts. Unfortunately my life has been a constant move and I have left behind many a treasure, like the lilac bushes in Connecticut which should be coming to bloom later this month.. I have been in my present home for only three years but I have added to the garden everything that I have enjoyed in former homes. Peonies among them. They don't do as well here in Georgia as they need a couple of hard freezes to set the blooms; but this year...at least 16 bud in each plant. Thank you polar vortex. It almost killed the Confederate jasmin and gardenias but it sure gave some oomph to the old peonies.<br /><br />I do hope my daughter stays in this house for awhile for she will have plenty of memories of her mother and former homes when I am long gone. I would be honored to be cherished and remembered in the same way you have written about your friend John. What a beautiful story you have shared with us. He was lucky to have you as a friend.lindaraxahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15721286284279902181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-1012810726279881682014-05-03T21:52:24.520-07:002014-05-03T21:52:24.520-07:00What an utterly charming story and a lovely way to...What an utterly charming story and a lovely way to remember your much cherished friend. It is good that you have cleared the path for the peony, which is such a beautiful flower, much favoured in China too; perhaps where they came from (to Europe). We have planted trees in Scotland, (but no plaques!), but I have not revisted them since, a factor that is brought to my attention by the owner of the land on which they are planted - my old friend from school, who's eldest child is my God-daughter. columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.com