Friday, August 5, 2022

Nature Friday - The Hundred Year Old Rose Bush

 

We are joining the da LLB-Crew, for Nature Friday 

 

My Daddy’s grandpappy spent the final two years of World War I in a trench in France. The mustard gas, which would end his life 32 years later, at the age of 51, was a constant worry.


When told the men who were lined up with him that once he got home, he only wanted to do one thing: Grow roses.


When he finally came home to the small town of Middleboro Ma, he married his girlfriend, bought a house, and planted a rose bush, that he pruned and fussed over for three decades.


His daughter took a cutting, married, moved to Taunton, MA, and kept the roses growing. His son, my Dad’s Dad, did too.


When Daddy’s cousin married and moved to the northern part of MA, she took a cutling; when Daddy moved into this home, she gave Daddy a cutling.


This is the 100-year-rose bush today, still growing strong, a long way from the trenches in France.









8 comments:

  1. What a wonderful story behind that glorious rose bush, and well done to the various family members for keeping alive something positive to counteract the horrors of the WW1 trenches.

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  2. My goodness that is a wonderful Nature Friday post. The granddaddy surely had a way with roses and I'm glad he was able to nurture it for so many to enjoy
    Hugs Cecilia

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  3. It's beautiful and what a fine history!

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  4. Thatis a lovely family heirloom. The roses are beautiful.

    Woos - Lightning, Misty, and Timber

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  5. That is a precious story. I am glad you shared it with us. Thank you.

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  6. What a wonderful story! Have you peed on the bush?

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  7. What a wonderful story of such a beautiful rose bush!!
    xoxo,
    Rosy

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