tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post5348180066310597190..comments2023-10-30T10:32:26.904-04:00Comments on Holding Patterns: Daddy and the Lady Banks RoseSandi McBridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033518416111957858noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-25956854241703518972011-05-10T15:37:52.284-04:002011-05-10T15:37:52.284-04:00Hi Sandi - Ah, family stories like this - so funny...Hi Sandi - Ah, family stories like this - so funny afterwards, so damn awkward at the time! <br /><br />I sympathise with your dad - because I too love my loppers! And I can entirely see your mum's side as well - she must have been incandescent with rage I imagine.<br /><br />Yesterday my trusty loppers snipped straight through an unseen power cable - fusing the owner's house entirely. Amazingly for me I felt nothing - rubber gloves, rubber handles. I'm still here! :-) Still here and Wiser!merry weatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15790847146645006254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-84020833909619300412011-04-26T21:06:56.206-04:002011-04-26T21:06:56.206-04:00What a great story! That sounds like something my ...What a great story! That sounds like something my dad would do to mom. Dad would tell her it was for the good of the plant and have us believing it, though! What fun. Thanks for sharing the memory.SandyCarlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752798823532580733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-16105024033055302182011-04-26T09:04:12.638-04:002011-04-26T09:04:12.638-04:00Loppers happen.
Ouch!
Would you share a larger ...Loppers happen. <br />Ouch! <br /><br />Would you share a larger picture of your Lady Banks with us, please? Best would be scratch and sniff, though. ;-)Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-65169874970317638402011-04-25T14:28:28.855-04:002011-04-25T14:28:28.855-04:00LOLOLOL Oh, man. What a story! How funny, althoug...LOLOLOL Oh, man. What a story! How funny, although I'm sure it wasn't at the time.<br /><br />Your Lady Banks rose is just beautiful, Sandi. Your mom did a wonderful job of sharing her growing tips with you. :-)Debbie Lohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11576623077858704543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-63265316553344814572011-04-24T18:41:33.423-04:002011-04-24T18:41:33.423-04:00there's a lopper in my family too...(family me...there's a lopper in my family too...(family meaning me and him). He, just the other day, "accidentally" cut off two of my peonies that have a little white wire fence around them. He "claims" he didn't see it! Ha! I have even tied bright ribbons on limbs of small dogwoods etc. on the edge of the woods that I want to grow up big. Otherwise they would all be "lopped" off. :) Sandi, I would love to know more about your guineas. We want some. How do you find their eggs? Don't they just have nest all over the place? Hope you had a glorious Easter my friend. xoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-10646696002751742122011-04-24T14:31:02.596-04:002011-04-24T14:31:02.596-04:00That is a lovely rose. It would have been a traged...That is a lovely rose. It would have been a tragedy if that had been cut down. The garden is the outside room and requires a woman's touch just as much as any room in the house.<br /><br />Happy Easter!cheshire wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944869219641386387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-20741262167538413722011-04-24T05:19:42.328-04:002011-04-24T05:19:42.328-04:00I LOVE thia post, and can totally relate to it all...I LOVE thia post, and can totally relate to it all. Gom was almost killed for very similar actions. Luckily, he had live to tell the tales, but many of the plants have not been so fortunate!Meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074676856646898900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-75299499544799423832011-04-23T12:38:14.091-04:002011-04-23T12:38:14.091-04:00She is really beautiful and I don't blame you ...She is really beautiful and I don't blame you for confiscating the choppers. Keep them under lock and key!<br />Happy Easter.<br />Maggie X<br />Word verification is MORTIS<br /><br /><a href="http://granniemay.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Nuts in May</a>Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-48987634411646338912011-04-23T06:58:02.725-04:002011-04-23T06:58:02.725-04:00I'm both laughing and cringing together here -...I'm both laughing and cringing together here - I don't know who I feel the sorriest for, your poor mother (after all that precious tending) or your hapless father (I doubt he ever lived it down)! I do so love the way you relate a tale.Shrinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18401403773851253351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-15203716666156874502011-04-22T22:17:27.489-04:002011-04-22T22:17:27.489-04:00OMG .... I would have been right there with ya bot...OMG .... I would have been right there with ya both !! Your poor mom after all that work she did ... wow ....<br /><br />Stopping by to wish you a HAPPY EASTER !! HUGS JONeereAnDearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928921879187006368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-86556356056106724422011-04-22T10:42:29.242-04:002011-04-22T10:42:29.242-04:00When we were preparing to move here, I carefully c...When we were preparing to move here, I carefully culled out some of my favorite flowers and shrubs to transplant. I had a very young black walnut tree that I had just planted, so I planted in a pot and brought it along. It stayed happy in the big pot until that fall. We walked around the property and carefully selected a spot for my tree. After we had given the tree a proper planting, I suggested flagging it. It was only about 2 feet tall. But ..... he who knows everything said he would remember to mow around it. He swears he didn't mow it down, but I know that he simply forgot and it is gone. I know just how she felt!Kathy's Klotheslinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881966393157941515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-77300267493894040372011-04-22T10:20:45.462-04:002011-04-22T10:20:45.462-04:00Love this. It happens around here about a dozen or...Love this. It happens around here about a dozen or so things. My husband only mows, but he is not a flower or shrub aficionado, so EVERTHING is mowed. <br /><br />I noticed your comment with you cute dog Digby. I have that feeling about every dog I have ever owned, including my present rescue Luckie. My others were pure bred German Shepherds.matteNitWit1https://www.blogger.com/profile/07035004840443397537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-81892640789315816572011-04-22T08:59:51.130-04:002011-04-22T08:59:51.130-04:00What a great story. I love it! Beautiful shot of t...What a great story. I love it! Beautiful shot of the roses too.Carverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05968919406427737503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-22428102090472435512011-04-21T22:45:22.205-04:002011-04-21T22:45:22.205-04:00see this would have been me...trying to do good an...see this would have been me...trying to do good and jack it all up...thats why i try to stay in running form...smiles...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-29403824019840953282011-04-21T22:29:02.507-04:002011-04-21T22:29:02.507-04:00hahaaaa...surprising that he lived. :)))
And, than...hahaaaa...surprising that he lived. :)))<br />And, thanks for coming by and telling me how GREAT I looked with that flowing, blond hair. :))bjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04432398383127199206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-23075582844056501192011-04-21T15:44:38.653-04:002011-04-21T15:44:38.653-04:00I'm always so glad to see you here, Sandi, and...I'm always so glad to see you here, Sandi, and read your stories! This was a good one. :)<br /><br />Hope you're doing well, and wish you and yours a blessed Easter.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865722713732049339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-71018604036314001792011-04-21T14:27:32.339-04:002011-04-21T14:27:32.339-04:00Oh and what a corker it is, too. Yellow roses...no...Oh and what a corker it is, too. Yellow roses...nothing lovelier. What in the world was your father thinking? I can not even imagine what would have possessed him to do such a thing. I'm truly surprised that he lived to tell about it. Ha!Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-28900765538309622902011-04-21T14:14:39.252-04:002011-04-21T14:14:39.252-04:00LOL I loved that story Sandi!
MWM is not allowe...LOL I loved that story Sandi! <br /><br />MWM is not allowed to cut anything down in our garden without my express permission. ;)Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-33763647649872762042011-04-21T13:46:22.398-04:002011-04-21T13:46:22.398-04:00Ohmygosh! I almost fell out of my chair laughing! ...Ohmygosh! I almost fell out of my chair laughing! That is so funny! I'm sure glad that your Dad was allowed to live an that your Mom kept the loppers away from him. Probably should have done it before she learned he ran with scissors. LOL <br /><br />That one's a doozy! <br /><br />Love,<br />LeeLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09527606943179561117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-29355430520419408652011-04-21T13:24:28.605-04:002011-04-21T13:24:28.605-04:00OMG.....Hahahaaa....I HAD TWO of them!!! HUBBY di...OMG.....Hahahaaa....I HAD TWO of them!!! HUBBY did the Same Damn Thing! I went to town and when I drive up...they are gone! Needless to say life was HARD for him for weeks!!! What IS IT with men and clippers???<br />...I'm STILL MAD!!Hahaaaa<br />Thanks for the story!<br />hughugsDonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00181520825012037531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-77073323478446074882011-04-21T11:02:12.854-04:002011-04-21T11:02:12.854-04:00That rose is beautiful... yellow roses are my favo...That rose is beautiful... yellow roses are my favorites.... Happy Easter!ancient onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12996555276368371467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-16698109961996236902011-04-21T08:32:55.186-04:002011-04-21T08:32:55.186-04:00Oops........ have a blessed Easter my friend........Oops........ have a blessed Easter my friend....... He has Risen!Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12492336975389718296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-55207049902064450262011-04-21T08:32:22.589-04:002011-04-21T08:32:22.589-04:00Oh that is funny....... My dad was just like that....Oh that is funny....... My dad was just like that...... He would mow it down and Mom would plant it again.. That love hate relationship lasted for 67 years....<br /><br />I have to know now.......do you have your own Lady Banks Rose?Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12492336975389718296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-48516941296240789842011-04-21T08:25:50.648-04:002011-04-21T08:25:50.648-04:00lol! Oh that was great!!lol! Oh that was great!!larkswinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07945496247329378715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-1695147233407492492011-04-21T08:11:19.226-04:002011-04-21T08:11:19.226-04:00I loved that story. I was sure glad that your son ...I loved that story. I was sure glad that your son didn't cut that Lady Banks off. <br /><br />Happy Easter.Finding Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07671978828279304904noreply@blogger.com