Comments on: Legacy of a Parent http://in2l.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/legacy-of-a-parent/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:37:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: in2l http://in2l.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/legacy-of-a-parent/#comment-2680 in2l Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:09:46 +0000 http://in2l.wordpress.com/?p=27#comment-2680 One year and one month on my three new trees are pushing forth new buds and leaves. The crabapple fruited last year, the flowers were beautiful. The apple tree and redbud are coming along as well. Later in the year I planted a ginkgo tree, the leaves are such a wonderful shape and color and it gets really pretty in fall. My step-daughter uses the leaves in her artwork. Trees are wonderful creatures, I think I will go give one a hug and say thank you for all the pleasure I am receiving from it. One year and one month on my three new trees are pushing forth new buds and leaves. The crabapple fruited last year, the flowers were beautiful. The apple tree and redbud are coming along as well.

Later in the year I planted a ginkgo tree, the leaves are such a wonderful shape and color and it gets really pretty in fall. My step-daughter uses the leaves in her artwork.

Trees are wonderful creatures, I think I will go give one a hug and say thank you for all the pleasure I am receiving from it.

]]> By: in2l http://in2l.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/legacy-of-a-parent/#comment-2656 in2l Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:53:33 +0000 http://in2l.wordpress.com/?p=27#comment-2656 Jenny - your dad had a wonderful and moving idea. As always your mention of tree names I have never heard of led me to the plant catalog. The totara is a beautiful tree, I planted something similar (a weeping podocarpus) years ago. The sound of the wind through the grove of these trees must be wonderful. Jenny – your dad had a wonderful and moving idea. As always your mention of tree names I have never heard of led me to the plant catalog. The totara is a beautiful tree, I planted something similar (a weeping podocarpus) years ago. The sound of the wind through the grove of these trees must be wonderful.

]]> By: in2l http://in2l.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/legacy-of-a-parent/#comment-2655 in2l Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:51:14 +0000 http://in2l.wordpress.com/?p=27#comment-2655 Thank you for your wonderful stories. My first big garden also ended up being a sales office for the guy who designed it. It was a wonderful way to meet other potential gardeners. I believe your husband has become a part of each of those wonderful ancient redwoods and will live on and on as a result. Thank you for your wonderful stories. My first big garden also ended up being a sales office for the guy who designed it. It was a wonderful way to meet other potential gardeners.

I believe your husband has become a part of each of those wonderful ancient redwoods and will live on and on as a result.

]]> By: kathy http://in2l.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/legacy-of-a-parent/#comment-2654 kathy Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:29:38 +0000 http://in2l.wordpress.com/?p=27#comment-2654 I LOVE your father's idea of planting a tree at each house in which he lived. We lived in the same house from the time I was born until the time I left home to go to college, but my father planted numerous trees around our yards, and he talked to me often about how important trees were and how they gave character to a place, especially a home. We had a huge ash tree in the front yard which the nursery used to send prospective buyers down our street to look at, a huge maple tree in the back yard and numerous fruit trees as well--lemon, orange, peach, plum... But it's the big shade trees which i love to this day. Now I live in Northern California, near truly awe-inspiring trees, the California redwoods. I got married in a redwood grove, and unbeknownst to the park rangers, some of my husband's ashes are scattered there. Thanks for your lovely post, and for Jenny Litchfield's link to it which is how I found it. I LOVE your father’s idea of planting a tree at each house in which he lived. We lived in the same house from the time I was born until the time I left home to go to college, but my father planted numerous trees around our yards, and he talked to me often about how important trees were and how they gave character to a place, especially a home. We had a huge ash tree in the front yard which the nursery used to send prospective buyers down our street to look at, a huge maple tree in the back yard and numerous fruit trees as well–lemon, orange, peach, plum… But it’s the big shade trees which i love to this day. Now I live in Northern California, near truly awe-inspiring trees, the California redwoods. I got married in a redwood grove, and unbeknownst to the park rangers, some of my husband’s ashes are scattered there. Thanks for your lovely post, and for Jenny Litchfield’s link to it which is how I found it.

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]]> By: Jenny Litchfield http://in2l.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/legacy-of-a-parent/#comment-2652 Jenny Litchfield Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:10:29 +0000 http://in2l.wordpress.com/?p=27#comment-2652 What a moving read, in21. Thank you for sharing photos of the wonderful results of trees planted. Your father sounds very similar to my late Dad. He held similar values and quietly planted many trees. Last year, we, his adult children, arranged to plant a grove of about twenty or so native Golden Totara in his favourite place where he used to farm. This tree was of deep personal significance for him. Decades ago, he showed us a stand of mature Golden Totara planted as a memorial in remembrance of local men who did not return from WWI. He himself saw active service during WWII. I think it was his quiet way of remembering his mates and of trying to restore the land. I view trees as living connections (March 2007 post). So now, my siblings and I have planted Golden Totara at the places where we live as part of this living legacy as have my two adult sons who know the story. Like you and your family, we're reaching into the future both in an emotional and an ecological sense and are sowing the seeds of hope. Our Dads' actions have shown the way. What a moving read, in21. Thank you for sharing photos of the wonderful results of trees planted. Your father sounds very similar to my late Dad. He held similar values and quietly planted many trees. Last year, we, his adult children, arranged to plant a grove of about twenty or so native Golden Totara in his favourite place where he used to farm. This tree was of deep personal significance for him. Decades ago, he showed us a stand of mature Golden Totara planted as a memorial in remembrance of local men who did not return from WWI. He himself saw active service during WWII. I think it was his quiet way of remembering his mates and of trying to restore the land. I view trees as living connections (March 2007 post). So now, my siblings and I have planted Golden Totara at the places where we live as part of this living legacy as have my two adult sons who know the story. Like you and your family, we’re reaching into the future both in an emotional and an ecological sense and are sowing the seeds of hope. Our Dads’ actions have shown the way.

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