Hey Barbara

Top 24. Sep 30, 2001 6:28 PM

» The_moose - Hi Barb!!!

Just stomping through and wanted to say Hi

-- posted by The_moose

Top 25. Oct 2, 2001 3:26 PM

» Cottage_Garden - Re: Hi Barb!!!

In response to message posted by The_moose:

Hey Moose! Glad to hear from you! Keep up the good stompin'!

-- posted by Cottage_Garden

Top 26. Jan 6, 2002 4:56 AM

» The_moose - A cottage garden

Hi Barb! You may recall this from an earlier post but I've expanded on it and well... I thought you might enjoy it. You may also notice that I posted it in Carol's discussion area previously. Erroneously thinking that I had first posted it there.
Grandma's Garden
My grandmother had a rose garden. Actually it was kinda a rose garden / blackberry / bunny rabbit haven type thing. And as children my sisters and I would play in it. And grandma, with her beautiful long white hair that reached past her waste that she wore in a bun during the day and would set in front of the pot bellied stove in the living room each evening to comb it. Oops, got off the subject. Anyhow, Grandma would cut the flowers for the house and at berry picking time she would make the most delicious blackberry pies. I remember they would stain your lips and titillate your taste buds !!!! Oops, getting off the subject again. So, my grandma had what I consider to be a "romantic" rose garden. Oh, did I mention the half tame bunnies that lived in her garden and would scamper around during the evening hours?
I remember some winter visits and the huge feather-stuffed 4 poster bed and the cold run to the outhouse in the early morning hours
Dang, getting off the subject again.
And did I mention how Grandma and I would go out in the early summer morn to set on the bench swing to watch the sun rise over the purple, red, gold, and green mountains?
Dad and I built a sitting porch off the left side of the house one summer. The view spanned the mountain range toward the east and Grandpa, me and Dad would sit on the porch and I got to actually drink coffee (a wondrous experience for a 10 year old) And I remember the honey bee hive that Grandpa, Dad and I raided one time. If I try hard I can still remember the smell of the smoke and the bussing of the bees and Dad reaching into the old weathered tree stump and giving me my first taste of wild honey complete with the comb.
And I remember Grandma, I confess, she was my first love. Don't misunderstand; not in some perverted way, but the love and adoration that a little boy held for a most wondrous woman. A woman who could tell stories about real cowboys and real Indians. Who could cook on a blackened wood burning stove and create the most wondrous dishes. And could chase a silly little boy around the kitchen table and out the back door waving a wooden spoon and admonishing me for sneaking a strawberry from the bowl on the wooden kitchen table with it's white lace table cloth.
Yep, my grandmother had a garden; a rose garden. Actually it was kinda a rose garden / blackberry / bunny rabbit haven type thing.
And Grandma, if by chance I never thanked you for that garden then I thank you now, and thank you ever so much more for the garden that you planted in my heart. Ken

-- posted by The_moose

Top 27. Jan 8, 2002 5:08 AM

» Cottage_Garden - Re: A cottage garden WOW!!!!

In response to message posted by The_moose:

WOW!

Somehow, I'm sure she knew. smile

-- posted by Cottage_Garden

Top 28. Jan 12, 2002 4:54 PM

» The_moose - Carol and I

Carol, the dear lady that she is, and I have done a bit of work on "Grandma's Garden" If you would like to see the latest version and perhaps critique it then Click here
I hope you like it

-- posted by The_moose

Top 29. Jan 14, 2002 5:59 AM

» Cottage_Garden - More than a garden!

In response to message posted by The_moose:

You've expanded it! Now it's more Home and Garden! What wonderful memories and details! JUst like a kid would have noticed. It's charming.

-- posted by Cottage_Garden

Top 30. Feb 25, 2002 10:57 AM

» The_moose - well son of a gun

Seems "Grandma's Garden" is going into print Hummm.
Well I guess I should say... The North American rights to the short story has been purchased. (do you see me beaming ?) LOL
The last time I was paid for a submission was somewhere back in the sixties LOL I'll keep you abreast of when the presumed publishing date is and the magazine is "GreenPrints" "The Weeder's Digest"
Their web site is http://www.greenprints.com

-- posted by The_moose