Ramona is turning 92 in a few days. My mother is 80 and she and Ramona have been friends for 53 years. Ramona lives with her son, Jere, who treats her like a queen. A couple weeks ago my mother and I visited them and they gave us a tour of their yard. Ramona on the left and my mother on the right. Let me add, I love a clothes line that still gets used.
There's nothing wildly spectacular about what grows in their small yard, but it's tended to lovingly by the both of them and it's pretty and that's the important thing. It's what I wish for my own yard.
My Sweet Mother
Smelling The Sweet Peas
Here I am with Jere and Ramona. There was a story about this large planter, but the details have flown out of my head. Ramona and her family lived next door to us when I was kid. Jere and I, along with all the neighborhood kids, played together outside all day long.
This is their collection of ducks and ducklings. All were obtained by visiting thrift shops over the years and a few were gifts.
For a small yard, they have a lot of garden art and every piece is special to them with a story behind it. Oh, how I enjoy garden stories!
It was lovely way to spend a summer afternoon and so I'm sharing a little of it with you.
How wonderful to have a lifetime friend. I LOVE Ramona's outfit!!! The ducks are pretty cute! They are all the SAME!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the duckies. What a charming story of Mother & friend. As a child we always planted sweet peas along the side of Mother's garage ... you don't see them much anymore. What a lovely time you had ... TTFN ~ Marydon
ReplyDeleteI hope someday that my son proudly shows photos of me in my garden with a life long friend! What a sweet post and a great garden philosophy! Pretty is a great garden goal! Thank you for sharing your day and your mom with us! gail
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ReplyDeleteI love how the gardening bug gets passed on to younger generations. Their garden is very pretty and well-maintained. And I like the photo of your mom smelling the sweet peas! That one is priceless!
Rosey
P.S. Love your new photo in your header!
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How wonderful that your mother has such a dear friend at her age! I love to see anyone caring for their garden, at any age. I've never grown sweat peas, but next year I plan to for sure. No, I've never heard of that wetland area in Wisconsin. Even though I grew up in Michigan, I've never been in Wisconsin in my life. Maybe someday!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the visit in Jere and Ramona's yard, and especially for sharing dear Audrey (my mother's name, too).
ReplyDeleteI'm crazy about sweet peas, too. They bloom here in earliest spring and leave when the heat cranks up.
This is so so dear. I especially love that duck collection! Here's to long long friendships.
ReplyDeleteHow great to have a friend for that long. I hope I'll be lucky enough to have good friends for that long.
ReplyDeleteThey have a very pretty yard, I love the sweet peas.
Thanks for sharing another great garden story. The garden is beautiful. Beautiful people in a beautiful garden - it doesn't get much better than that.
ReplyDeleteI love the ducks and your mom with the sweet pea's. What a wonderful story about friendship. After sharing a weekend with my parents and their lifelong friends I know what a joy it was for you to share this day with them.
ReplyDeletehugs, Cherry
Oh, to be friends with Ramona and your mom! Ramona's garden is a treat, which I could see every nook.
ReplyDeleteWonderful post Donna. Ramona's garden looks beautiful. I love the hedge of Sweet Peas. And all those ducklings!
ReplyDeleteI love the ducklings too...how did they find so many all the same??
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ReplyDeleteI think it's a lovely garden and it's great that there's so many memories. I love the ducks too!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to have lifelong friends. I was an army brat so my friendships lasted at the most three years. How fun are all the ducks. And what a nice garden. Tell them thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLovely garden & lovely memories. I too started my lifelong love of gardening as a child. Beautiful container garden with coleus....love the beautiful hanging geranium color too!
ReplyDeleteDonna,
ReplyDeleteEven though I already made a comment, here I am again. I guess I just love to visit so much. I have a meme award waiting for you on my blog. I am so bad at html, so no link! Just look for MeMe award and you will see it!
Thanks
Rosey
Ahh, what a wonderful post, and story! Very sweet...and what a gorgeous garden;-)
ReplyDeleteGreat blog! Thanks for visiting mine. Yes, I'm a Brett Favre fan too. When my husband and I first were married, we went to the Packer Hall of Fame. Neat place. I also got my photo taken with Brett Favre. It is weird that he is a Viking, now. But is kind of exciting too.
ReplyDeleteI love posts like this. I am currently reading a book about old fashioned gardens and the art they inspired in the past. I asked my parents awhile back to find photos that included my dad's parents garden they had, but they said they couldn't find any.
ReplyDeleteI was tickled to have sweet peas growing on my front garden fence, and a little smug that they are still blooming, but after seeing the sweet peas in your post, so full and lush, I'm not as pleased with mine.