Mark, I was well into adulthood before I knew that most people called them 'pe uh nee'. My family also called them 'pineys.' It must have been a local dialect. (I was born in southern Indiana.)
Ann, you are right about the peony's fragrance- no flower has a more wonderful aroma, not even roses.
Lea, thank you. I dug up my mom's peony bush after she died and took it with me when we moved into the country. I haven't been back to the home because I've heard about all the changes and I want to remember the home and landscaping we did in the 27 years we lived there.
i treasure your memory-and your act of love transplanting these jewels from your mother's garden. nothing is sweeter than the true gifts of love that live on in the hearts of others. so grateful your family is also blooming in love and healing. xo
come, sweet Madonna, sit beside me and pervade my being with trust the soothing water sounds come from here water rippling, softly soothing away the tenseness leaving serenity linking with love to Rebecca's Haiku My Heart
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Ann
Ann, you are right about the peony's fragrance- no flower has a more wonderful aroma, not even roses.
Lea, thank you. I dug up my mom's peony bush after she died and took it with me when we moved into the country. I haven't been back to the home because I've heard about all the changes and I want to remember the home and landscaping we did in the 27 years we lived there.