Re: hum...now sad...

Thanks you! I love this idea!  How does one find a plant named to match 
their pet though?  For me- I would be looking for "Hannah"

Any suggestions?

Theresa

MyTGoldens@aol.com wrote:

>Kitty, that is a sweet idea. I've thrown away gallons of shed fur  over the 
>years, and never thought of keeping a bit of it that way. 
> 
>Sometimes it helps to know that other people grieve as we do,  especially 
>when it's not obvious on the surface. In a lifetime of dog ownership,  I don't 
>doubt that our homebred Penny was our family's all time favorite dog.  She died 
>in January, 2002, so I was surprised one day a few months ago, to find,  out 
>of the blue, this tribute to her written by my 26 yo son, as his "Away  
>Message" on my AOL Buddy List:
> 
> 
>"I remember the day I met our first  golden retriever, Rumpel. I was 5 years 
>old, but I remember it clearly. He  used to sit in his puppy crate under the 
>desk, and I sat next to him,  talked to him, let him lick my fingers through 
>the bars. Rumpel had a wonderful  personality. I was very fond of him, but when 
>he died I did not cry. 
>
>Our 
>Akita, Tilly,  had a huge heart and a loving soul, but when she died I did 
>not  cry.
>
>To this day I still can't look at a picture of Penny without a tear  forming. 
>She knew me. She understood me. She loved me so much. She made my life  
>better every single day she was alive. She was more than just a dog. When I  talked 
>to her, she talked back. She purred like a cat and loved like a person. I  
>cried for Penny. RIP"
> 
>I have a tiny, cute daylily in my  planted in my garden, called 
>"Pennysworth". And I just got a brand new  Hydrangea, named "Penny Mac". Rumpel, who was 
>Penny's father, somehow got  nicknamed "Doodlebug", and I actually have a 
>daylily by that name as well! Maybe  it's a silly reason to buy a plant, but, well, 
>I'm just silly! My best friend, a  veterinarian and gardener, does the same 
>thing, so that makes 2 silly people!  Usually it's not too hard to find some 
>plant with a particular name, especially  with the thousands of named varieties 
>of such plants as Irises and Daylilies,  but I'm not sure about finding 
>something named "Nuts"! That's our 16 yo cat, and  as for the name, he came with my 
>DH, so he's responsible for that!
> 
>I think now is a good time to go  outside and plant "Penny Mac".
> 
> 
>Maddy Mason
>Hudson Valley, NY  zone  5/6
>
> 
>In a message dated 6/27/2005 12:02:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
>gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
>
>Maddy, I  felt the tears too while typing.  I still have Spot's fur filed
>under  Nepeta in Hortus Third.
>
>Kitty
>- ----- Original Message -----  
>From: <MyTGoldens@aol.com>
>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>;  <gardenchat-digest@hort.net>
>Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 8:06  AM
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] hum...now sad...
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>>Cathy, I am so  sorry for the loss of your dear Jason. How awful it  must
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>have
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>> been for him with all that suffering, and for you, watching him  go
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>through
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>>it.
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>>Most of us have been through the  loss of beloved pets, and there  seems to
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>be
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>>so little, if  anything, to ease our pain. Society in general doesn't
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>really
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>>take  our emotional attachments to pets that seriously, and while  we
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>endure
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>>such awful grief, we have a buried, nagging feeling that  we shouldn't
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>feel that
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>>way. Afterall, it's just a cat! (dog, bird,  fish, etc.)
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>>Some people find a bit of solace in burying their  pets, either in  their
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>own
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>>yards, or at a pet cemetery. I have  always had mine cremated, then I
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>plant
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>>whatever plants I can find  that have names the same or similar to theirs.
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>When
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>>I lost my  dearly beloved Akita, Tilly, I planted a dwarf Japanese Maple in
>>her  honor, and when I moved, I was able to dig it up and take it with  me.
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>>I better stop now- I can't type through tears. Take time  to grieve,
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>Cathy,
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>>and do whatever eases your pain.
>>
>> Hugggs,
>>Maddy Mason
>>Hudson Valley, NY  zone   5/6
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