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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State 
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Useless Regret With honest intent they determinedly went To the task set before them this day. With their masculine tools, without knowing the rules Forty years of my life swept away. All the tears I can shed cannot save what is gone. The survivors recoil, still afraid. To each uprooted plant, I get down on my knees, Regretting the error I've made. Some are gone without leaving a smidgen of trace And others are hacked to the ground. I tearfully replace each bulb that I find With thanks for each one that I've found. I'm glad that before my poor yard met its fate, I had warned, "Do not touch my big Oak"; Or I would have found its long limbs strung about. It survived by those few words I spoke. I believed when they said they knew weeds from loved plants And I left my life's work to their care. I don't think that a hurricane could do more harm. I weep for what's no longer there. I ate my first plum this spring from a sprout From a piece of its lost mother's soul. I discover they've taken the sapling and stump Leaving nothing but dirt in the hole. I vow to each maimed and destroyed plant, While I live that nobody will dare To garden for me, except down on his knees With small spade and diligent care. Joyce 9/25/06 |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Dear Joyce: I am really sad for you, as I know how much care you lavished on your yard and plants. Also how much you have always enjoyed them. I remember the pictures you sent me of various parts of your yard. How did this ever happen? Love Betty Lou Betty Lou Hebert |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Joyce? What on earth has happened to cause this sad, sad penning ? Sounds positively disastrous~ Aw, we know how much you love your plants~ This sounds so sad~ *HUGLETS* sent your way~  ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
Thanks Betty and Marge. My daughters were trying to get me some help with my huge yard and because of the very hot summer it had really gotten ahead of me. We were paying 75.00 an hour so I knew I had to get out of their way because I couldn't bare to see anything cut back and I would be throwing money away. Better I had taken it and buried it in the ground. They were oblivious and ruthless. There are irreplaceable things gone along with little pieces of my heart. Love, Joyce . |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Joyce~ Aw, I'm so sorry to hear that~ Have you no recourse against the company that did the butchering job ? If I were you, I'd make darned sure to contact your local Chamber of Commerce and your Better Business Bureau and report them~ *HUGLETS* ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Dear Joyce: I am seconding Marge's suggestions. You hear of too many cases of people taking advantage of those who can't do the hard work anymore. After all the years of devotion to your yard, this is a crime! Love Betty Lou Betty Lou Hebert |
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Juju Member Elite
since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429In your dreams |
): I love flowers. -Juju -<>-~-<>-~-<>- |
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pegasus111 Member Elite
since 2000-07-27
Posts 2219ocala, fl, usa |
what a terrible thing to happen..more hugs for you dear lady the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost |
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