Re: Officially Spring

Posted by James Howell on April 02, 2009 at 10:25:49 from (144.162.41.170):

In Reply to: Re: Officially Spring posted by P and R Pete on April 01, 2009 at 21:22:04:

Thank you for the compliment on our photos.

Nancy and I really enjoy sharing our photos with folks on this site and are glad that several of you enjoy them.

I will give my dear mother almost all of the credit for my love of flowers and trees.

She liked to plant wild, native flowers and transplant native trees at our farm home.

There are flowers growing in some of the strangest places where she planted them.

One of our larger oak trees stands at the top of a long hill.

When I was 11 or 12 part of my "work" around the farm was mowing the pastures.

She would always say to me "Don't mow down the small oak tree on top of the hill."

So I always mowed around the small oak on top of the hill and it still stands today.

My granddaddy Howell transplanted Cypress trees during the 30's from Caddo Lake which borders both Texas and Louisiana.

We now have the largest Cypress trees in this part of the country.

My dad would not let me cut Bois de Arc ( bo dark ) trees.

He would always say "One day that little tree will make a good fence post."

Well I guess we have some of the largest Bois de Arc trees in the country.

Hardest wood in the world; tougher than the average chain saw and can't you "drive" fence staples made in China into them.

All the "special" trees and "special" flowers that we have on our farm keep my memories of my mother, father, and granddaddy alive.

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