tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post6563294887046399541..comments2024-03-19T07:05:39.186-05:00Comments on In the Garden: Treasured Abandoned Gardens and Cute Babiestinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-9844599954850899042013-03-29T09:00:47.852-05:002013-03-29T09:00:47.852-05:00Thanks Donna! I really like your sentiment on gard...Thanks Donna! I really like your sentiment on gardens. I shall remember that well as it is so positive!tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-31757680598439606512013-03-28T23:17:01.711-05:002013-03-28T23:17:01.711-05:00Yeah Tina, Your grand daughter is precious! Sounds...Yeah Tina, Your grand daughter is precious! Sounds like you had a good visit. Abandoned garden is like life coming full circle. It makes me happy to think of a Gardner planting and maintaining their garden and all the joy it brought to them. Then it makes me sad to think they had to leave it. Herman and I have discussed what would happen to our garden when we have to leave it and we decided to Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03208607953344631132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-56203370786895193642013-03-28T22:21:30.487-05:002013-03-28T22:21:30.487-05:00When I explore I think of how it must have looked ...When I explore I think of how it must have looked and who lived there...did they love the garden as much as I do...your granddaughter is precious!Donna@Gardens Eye Viewhttp://gardenseyeview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-7770470285096003202013-03-27T17:06:06.702-05:002013-03-27T17:06:06.702-05:00Your grand daughter is a cutie for sure!
What an...Your grand daughter is a cutie for sure! <br />What an adventure checking out an old abandoned garden. Nothing like that around here but I often see a lilac of some flowers blooming around foundations of old farm homes and barns. Once there was a young homesteader beautifying their little space in this world.Gardener on Sherlock Streethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367115529793643362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-59179500874413490652013-03-27T15:33:06.606-05:002013-03-27T15:33:06.606-05:00What a cutey... And I like the idea of a secret ga...What a cutey... And I like the idea of a secret garden. It is hard to see one abandoned though. And even harder to see one destroyed. We built a new house in the woods next to our old house. The new owner who had no interest in gardening or landscaping plowed all my sunny gardens under and planted grass as he had no interest. Or as my wife said "we sold it. It's his. Stop whining....:( troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-71304273376109321732013-03-27T11:36:57.844-05:002013-03-27T11:36:57.844-05:00I have come across several forgotten cemeteries re...I have come across several forgotten cemeteries recently and feel the same way about them as a forgotten garden. Once, so loved, treasured and tended by caring hands and now forgotten. But time goes on and even though they seem to fade, the beauty remains....Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-2863594876300115182013-03-27T09:30:37.524-05:002013-03-27T09:30:37.524-05:00How much fun to peek inside a secret garden! That ...How much fun to peek inside a secret garden! That was a favorite book from my childhood. Adella (love the name!) is adorable.Sarah Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-59798537118174320682013-03-27T09:18:17.169-05:002013-03-27T09:18:17.169-05:00Thanks Rose! Adella will be here for Easter and ge...Thanks Rose! Adella will be here for Easter and geez, I did not even think about the Easter bunny. Uh oh!tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-766137633428211162013-03-27T09:17:29.582-05:002013-03-27T09:17:29.582-05:00Thanks Freda! Yes, I think at least from the early...Thanks Freda! Yes, I think at least from the early 1900s. It was all lathe and plaster. We could not really walk in it as the floor was caving. It was neat though. tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-961290396824620522013-03-27T08:47:59.805-05:002013-03-27T08:47:59.805-05:00Oh, the stories this garden must hold! I can unde...Oh, the stories this garden must hold! I can understand the feelings you must have had, Tina; you can't help but wonder about the person who lovingly tended this garden long ago. How sad it was abandoned.<br /><br />Your granddaughter is adorable! Hope the Easter bunny gives her some extra special treats.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-81284833503126645612013-03-27T08:33:52.172-05:002013-03-27T08:33:52.172-05:00I too wonder about the abandoned home sites as to ...I too wonder about the abandoned home sites as to who/how these still living signs of times gone by still survive.<br />Adele is gorgeous. Yes, Cheetos are a wonder. I like them.<br />Great tour.Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05167298790872032154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-38825521544503660682013-03-27T08:13:51.387-05:002013-03-27T08:13:51.387-05:00Such a sweet daughter and granddaughter photo!
T...Such a sweet daughter and granddaughter photo! <br /><br />That must be a very old garden, based on the house.F Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14558874651743241988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-39017581890540800662013-03-27T08:13:46.419-05:002013-03-27T08:13:46.419-05:00Is is such a melancholy thing to think of old gard...Is is such a melancholy thing to think of old gardeners. tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-22764609432303011892013-03-27T08:13:07.864-05:002013-03-27T08:13:07.864-05:00Thanks Christy! One of these days I need to do a p...Thanks Christy! One of these days I need to do a post on the award but for now I just put the badge on the sidebar. Looking forward to lunch!tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-54297318931495222642013-03-27T07:24:24.911-05:002013-03-27T07:24:24.911-05:00Hi Tina...Your Granddaugher is just adorable. How ...Hi Tina...Your Granddaugher is just adorable. How sad to think that a gardener planted everything with a loving hand, watched and nurtured everything only to have to leave it all behind. I wonder what happened here? A BIG congrats on your Merit Award!!Christys Cottage Wildlife Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13112409875692610049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-19673120381502383502013-03-27T05:18:23.449-05:002013-03-27T05:18:23.449-05:00I love seeing the remnants of an old house that is...I love seeing the remnants of an old house that is tumbling down, but the forsythia, spirea, narcissus and camellias bloom on. Like you I always wonder who planted them.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.com