tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550214407269277609.post5924522122390208271..comments2023-10-08T21:27:50.662+11:00Comments on Plumbing the Deeps: Gardening in MemoriamJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647929951322724618noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550214407269277609.post-64625744230733659012013-05-16T22:01:08.143+10:002013-05-16T22:01:08.143+10:00Ha ha, but in my home the foundation pieces of fur...Ha ha, but in my home the foundation pieces of furniture were from my parents, in-laws, grandparents and even some bits from my great-grandparents.<br /><br />I liked to collect their memories.<br /><br />But of course my home is much larger than theirs and I have put them together in an individual way.Joan Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358008925558240778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550214407269277609.post-58548662900489328962013-05-16T03:28:51.792+10:002013-05-16T03:28:51.792+10:00I'm a little older than you are, Julie, and am...I'm a little older than you are, Julie, and am noticing my mother showing up in my actions and attitudes and tones of voice far more than when she was alive.<br />Maybe we start off doing the things our parents and close relatives do, because we are little mimics, then we forge ahead being individuals, and perhaps after 60 years the 3-year-old mimic comes back.<br />This would make an interesting study for a scientist, but I don't have enough data. I've always been fascinated by genetic memory or racial memory (i.e. the way I felt when in Scotland) but perhaps there's a part of it that's more up-close and personal.<br />Very interesting.<br />KKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550214407269277609.post-3537583060814706092013-05-15T16:58:54.177+10:002013-05-15T16:58:54.177+10:00There are some aspects of life where there is no s...There are some aspects of life where there is no space left on the pathway to forge for oneself. Gardening could be one of them - unless one is loaded. However, house decoration and room usage provides lots of room for individuality, more than our forefathers could have envisaged.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00647929951322724618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550214407269277609.post-18298705662592318412013-05-14T20:34:55.571+10:002013-05-14T20:34:55.571+10:00I find I do many things in life "in memoriam&...I find I do many things in life "in memoriam" -- in fact I sometimes wonder if I am forging my own path at all!Joan Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358008925558240778noreply@blogger.com