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1. Kate (katebowles@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Dec-2017 17:40:41 EST Kate

   Someone who lived in this old house before us planted a gardenia under the bedroom window. It must have been tiny, for years. Now it's full size and at night it fills the room with fragrance, just as someone intended.

   This is the thing all gardeners know: our biggest dreams are realised for others. All the rest is pots and quick fixes and show.

   #smallstories
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   1. Tanya **moved** (tdorey@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Dec-2017 22:10:38 EST Tanya **moved**

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      @katebowles I went back to my (old) house last week to meet the renters. I had little emotion about leaving the house, but sudden pangs hit me when I looked at the apple tree, the poorly placed pine tree right beside it, the magnolia that didn't die, and the raspberries transplanted from my grandma's garden. Thinking of those who might enjoy them after us makes it better somehow - Thank you.

      1. Kate (katebowles@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Dec-2017 22:14:12 EST Kate

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         @Tdorey When we moved in here, 16 years ago, there were two small fruit trees. Eventually both succumbed to rot and termites, and we took them down. Our neighbour told us she had watched those trees being planted.

         But there was a also a small plain bush we couldn't identify, maybe waist high. It's now a full grown willow, metres high, that provides all the shade for our back deck in summer, and we hang lanterns in it.

         #treestories