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StevenS
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since 2005-09-21

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L. A. (Lower Alabama)

0 posted 2005-09-26 06:50 PM

Granma lived in a little cottage, on a little hill. Flowers of every kind filled her yard and window sill.

Dandelions, daisies, daffodils..roses...buttercuups...and Well... she had a lot. But my most special favorite, favorite, was...te he..her touch-me-nots.

Granma said,"Don't touch these Steve...or they'll explode." Now ain't that kinda like telling a little boy, don't pick up a toad?

I guess granma figured that out, cause she started watching me like a hawk. Dog-gone-it, if I didn't know better, I'd say those touch-me-nots could talk.

Steve...Steve...I could hear them calling me from the front porch swing. Granma's warning just disappeared from my head, I just...kinda...forgot, it didn't mean a thing.

I started with the daffodils, I bent down and took a great big sniff. I edged my way on over like I was on the edge of a cliff.

"Oh! What some pretty roses." I heard myself say, as granma turned her lazer beam eyes, and looked my way.

She smiled her approval, at the observation I had made. So I sniffed and I sniffed and I admired and I admired until granma's attention began to fade.

"Whew! How did it get so hot?" I wondered, as granma's exploding touch-me-nots I pondered.

Almost there...alllmost there, I thought as I slid my sneakers a sneaky slide. Look out touch-me-nots, there's nowhere for you to hide.

I forgot all about granma, in my touch-me-not exhiliration. So when I reached my hand out, I was caught in hurricane granma's rotation.

The moral of this story could be told in many ways, but to do granma justice it would take me many days.

So let me, if you will, boil it down to one more jot.

DO NOT, DON'T EVER, NEVER, WHATEVER YOU DO BOYS AND GIRLS,
DON'T TOUCH YOUR GRANMA'S TOUCH-ME-NOTS!

[This message has been edited by StevenS (09-26-2005 11:15 PM).]

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 2005-09-26 07:12 PM

Steven...this was such a precious and real life story. Even girls have granmas like that. I loved it!!

StevenS
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since 2005-09-21

Posts 945
L. A. (Lower Alabama)

2 posted 2005-09-26 07:47 PM

I know they do Martie, I know they do and let us all be thankful for that. There I fixed it. Thanks Martie. :-)

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

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Realms of Light

3 posted 2005-09-27 12:06 PM

Oh, what a precious piece of story-telling. Your grandma sounds a lot like mine did ~ God bless her sweet flower of a soul!

I enjoyed this excerpt from your warm memoires!

Love & Light,
Linda

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

4 posted 2005-09-27 12:20 PM

Steve, this is a cute poem.
It reminded me of when my daughter was
little and she was staying with my Mom
while I was working.

My Mother's camelia bush was full of little
blooms. Tonia was about 5 years old. She went
out there and picked a whole section of them off
before my Mom caught her. Mama wasn't too
happy, but she just told her not to do it anymore.
I don't think Tonia ever did it again, so Mama
must have told her in the right way. LOL

Thanks for sharing your poem.
Hugs,
Ethel

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2005-09-27 01:58 PM

OhSweetFriend~
This made me smile a soft smile of remember~
Fortunately for me I had only had ONE grandma who was a 'touch-me-not' type ... (she grew Coleus ... and I don't have to wonder WHY I've never liked Coleus) ... other grandmother made sure that I could touch anything and everything within my reach~
That is the kind of ~Poet Grandma~ I try to be to my precious little grandie girlies~

LOL ... I LOVE it when they pick the flowers and then quite literally pick them to PIECES~

You share such beauty from your heart ... thank you~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
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suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

6 posted 2005-10-05 02:04 PM

What a delight this is! *S*

I remember one of my worst mistakes was when I was about 5 years old... not just ignoring my grandmother but daring her to do something about it. *G* She did... and while I made many other mistakes, that was one I made sure I NEVER repeated! LOL

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

7 posted 2005-10-06 08:10 AM

Smiling...
a lot!

Thank you, Steve!

StevenS
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since 2005-09-21

Posts 945
L. A. (Lower Alabama)

8 posted 2005-10-06 08:25 AM

Seems as though I'm not the only one who had a granma who knew how to make a point. :-) Glad You liked Granma's Touch-me-not's

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

9 posted 2005-10-06 08:55 AM

smiling, this was precious and a great lesson in respect for the treasures which belong to others...not for our sticky fingers...hugs

Thomas119gold
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since 2002-06-03

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Biloxi, MS (city by the sea)

10 posted 2005-10-06 09:23 AM

Reminds me of my Gran

Thanks for posting the poem
I enjoyed it

Tommy

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

11 posted 2005-10-06 09:28 AM

StevenS
One of your best. Excellent.

Obsidian Snow
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since 2005-08-24

Posts 88

12 posted 2005-10-06 09:37 AM

Wonderful story!

A Romantic Heart
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since 1999-09-03

Posts 5496
Forever In Your Heart

13 posted 2005-10-07 11:31 PM

Enjoyed, it made me miss my grandma, she loved planting flowers and tending to her flower garden..

~ARh

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take - but by the moments that take our breath away."

ice
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since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

14 posted 2005-10-08 07:04 AM

Steven
The "touch me not" (jewel weed) is a wildflower here in Pa.
It is a fun plant to touch, for kids and grownups who are kids at heart.

The best time to touch it is when the seed pod forms, it is spring loaded..when you touch it it throws seeds several feet, like a starburst...

Once you have done this, ya just gotta touch it again ...it is such fun....

enjoyed your poem...

------------ice
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Nan

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since 1999-05-20

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Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

15 posted 2005-10-08 07:20 AM

As I recall, it was a forbidden snowbank... "Stay OUT of that snowbank, Nancy - You'll get totally drenched!" I never could figure out how she knew I climbed it anyway...

StevenS
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since 2005-09-21

Posts 945
L. A. (Lower Alabama)

16 posted 2005-10-08 05:31 PM

Ice, Pa. sounds like Touch-me-not heaven.:-)

Klassy Lassy
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since 2005-06-28

Posts 2187
Oregon

17 posted 2006-05-05 09:41 PM

LOL Just too much temptation for a little boy. My grandson took a toy sword and brandished it against his mortal foe -- my favorite rose bush--a yellow 49er. He nearly annihilated it! I did get after him.

I'll have to write a story about the roses. or a poem, if I can get it to work.
~Klassy

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