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Hi Racheal, No I did not have the 'pleasure'. That
must have been some experience.
Francesca
i*@attbi.com
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From:
l*@kansas.net
To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 6:48
PM
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] Irisgirl how
grand!
Francesca,
Did you ever live in a soddie or move by covered
wagon? My dad did both but he grew up in Colorado and western Kansas. His
family lost their soddie to the locusts and the resulting dust bowl ruined
them like so many other families. Two of his brothers were in world war 2
and many of his friends
Wendy
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From:
i*@attbi.com
To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 6:13
AM
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] Irisgirl how
grand!
Hi Bill, The first iris I saw was about 1960 or earlier.
It was a tall
bearded and 'brown'. It was given to me among others by a
friend's mother so
I was about 39. It promptly died after bloom due to
'abuse', i.e., it was
planted on an uphill slope with the growing end
facing outward so the poor
plant couldn't go anywhere and whatever water
it did get was minimal. I was
working at the University of California
Library at the time so I went to the
stacks to find out all about irises
and why it didn't make it. I learned
about the American Iris Society's
bulletins and did I read! So there you are
... and by way, there are a
lot of those things you mention I did not see
happen, my mother
did!
Francesca
irisgirl@attbi.com
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From: <oneofcultivars@aol.com>
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Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 12:01
AM
Subject: [iris-photos] Irisgirl how grand!
> Lets see if
I've got this about right. Your 80 so ...........
> You might have
been around during or soon after the completion of the
>
transcontinental railroad.
> You saw the invention of practical flight
in those new fangled airplanes.
> You saw the first airplane flight
across the Atlantic Ocean.
> Your mother or grandmother probably
related stories directly to you of the
> Civil War, the Trail of Tears
and so much more!
> You saw a war or two when the outcome was not
known.
> You saw men walk on the moon!
> Now my history may not
be exactly right.
> But, what I want to know is how old when you first
saw an iris, the first
> iris you saw, what did you think, and
probably a lot, lot more.
>
>
Bill
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