thank you I just was during these time finishing GB we used to be to GB were we are q1often thinking on her. We saw many persons come and go love

Oh, MissAlice, it is very sad to hear about Denise's brother and that Megan starts to feel sad around this time. I'm sure Denise would have been very proud of Megan's career choice and would be thrilled to see her moving on. I don't think she would have wanted anyone to dwell on her passing for this long… but here we all are.

Here are some more spring crocuses to carry us onward...

DJHeirloomGardens said:Oh, MissAlice, it is very sad to hear about Denise's brother and that Megan starts to feel sad around this time. I'm sure Denise would have been very proud of Megan's career choice and would be thrilled to see her moving on. I don't think she would have wanted anyone to dwell on her passing for this long… but here we all are.

I hope you don't mind that I shared your response with Megan.

I just love your flower pictures!

I totally agree with DJ, Denise live with us all in our hearts. I shared my columbine seeds with her
and she called them Karma's Kolumbines, a name that has stuck with every package of seeds that goes out.
I watch them sway in the wind and feel Denise's presents. I miss our chats and her sharing her photos of her
house and garden path. Sorry for the family's loss.


DJ, awesome photos!!

Let me share with you something I said to Megan.
"It is really strange how a group of strangers, with a common interest, can become such special friends! Your Mom was a huge part of the glue that held us together!"

This was her response.
"So true about strangers becoming good friends! Can you tell me more about my mom and how she was the glue that held you all together?"

I responded to her question from my perspective but I'm sure that the rest of you would have answers you'd like to share with her. I'll be glad to send them on.

Here are a couple of pictures of the garden taken after the storms rolled through last night.

thanks for the flowers . I still have to search and then I see something and come on google .To-morrow is the day I left for America and here was 22 cm snow. I am glad we have not now Greetings Roelie

Oh it's wonderful to hear from Megan! Denise was just so caring to all of us. And that devilish sense of humor always brought a smile to my face even on the worst days.

We finally got some good rain last night. Everything looks perkier this morning, lol!

I agree with Seil. Denise made me laugh, but I also remember the crafts she would make and show us. She was quite talented and always doing something. She must have been making a lot of the projects with Megan, but I think Denise was not-so-secretly a big kid herself and would have done every one of them even by herself.

I wish GB hadn't gone down. I wonder if Megan ever got a chance to browse any of the threads there. I enjoyed the funny pics Denise shared, her random humorous comments (like when I mentioned Mystery Science Theater when she (or someone else?) posted a pic of a snowman and some other things lined up on a window ledge, looking out onto a snowy backyard), and her garden photos. One time she posted a pic of cleome from someplace she had visited, all lined up by a white picket fence I think, and I found it so beautiful and inspiring that every year I either try to sow some cleome or hope that some from the previous year come up. I was so sorry that she passed on just as she was getting to work on her new front garden and looking forward to the future. She had sounded so thrilled and cheerful with the new changes in her life.

Just as with everyone else who stuck around forever on GB, she was always up for chatting whether it was a good day or a bad day, just picking up wherever the conversation had left off the day before, giving supportive words to those who needed it and otherwise gabbing like it was back in the days of calling up your best friend on the landline. It's one of those camaraderie things, where everyone just clicks, like one big happy family, like a bunch of sisters and brothers who actually get along. LOL! So when Denise left, it was just like losing a part of my own family.

I felt the same when Stormy died in that car accident, and I miss a lot of the other people who disappeared over the years. They were all a part of the family, telling their own stories, sharing their pics. It's a lot like when I was little and my best friends would move away. Too bad there wasn't an Internet back then. Pen pal letters only last for so long before you never hear from someone again. GB was forever, though, or so I thought. But the memories are forever and I am thankful for that!

DJHeirloomGardens said:
I felt the same when Stormy died in that car accident

DJ, do you remember anything about Stormy--when this occurred, etc.? It may have been before I became active on GB.

cannot we make a list of members how we want to have on our Gardenbuddies with what you know and remembered .It is crazy so long be member and not know much of eachother . Then I am thinking on POSTING members for last time we were I believe with 6 persons talking together .
John geranium is reached. I had contact with Ton Hannink he is very busy has two new clematis breeded which are grown near two breeders
Valia - Elsie - . It s very difficult they can also not reach us who want they donnot know were we are
Oh somethin happens we had a sunny morning and then much wind my sunscreen went down outsite and then I went outsite there was suddenly hail gr Roelie

David, I think that Stormy (Karen) died in 2008, on the way back from a state fair. I don't remember which state for sure, but maybe one of the Carolinas or Florida or Georgia. I sort of think she lived in Florida and had a cabin in the Carolinas.

Roelie, I think Ann (Valia) wrote articles for a newspaper, maybe in Utah, and didn't she also have a house in Arizona? I don't know if that helps. I tried googling it, but didn't see anything right away.

Your weather sounds crazy, Roelie! We have a split tree in our yard and I thought maybe it would come down last night, but the winds weren't as crazy as they said they would be. Hopefully someone will come by today to cut it down for us.

I have always wondered what happened to Malgorzata (maybe she was from Poland, but I can't remember if she was the one who was living in Japan around the time of Fukushima). There was also someone from Germany, and Dahlianut (Linda?), and someone from New York who posted pics from the botanical garden.

some pictures of spring. To-day it is raining here now and then sun but cold and windy. This morning hail

karmahappytoes said:I totally agree with DJ, Denise live with us all in our hearts. I shared my columbine seeds with her
and she called them Karma's Kolumbines, a name that has stuck with every package of seeds that goes out.
I watch them sway in the wind and feel Denise's presents. I miss our chats and her sharing her photos of her
house and garden path. Sorry for the family's loss.

This is Megan's response you your sweet comments about her Mom karma. "Wow beautiful comment. Thank you"

Roelie, I think Ann (Valia) wrote articles for a newspaper, maybe in Utah, and didn't she also have a house in Arizona? Ann is near St. Georgia, Utah. I had a great day with her about 10 days ago. She and her husband are still taking care of a number of dogs.

I have always wondered what happened to Malgorzata (maybe she was from Poland, but I can't remember if she was the one who was living in Japan around the time of Fukushima). She is still in Japan and shows up on facebook from time to time. She visits family in Poland from time to time.

Dahlianut (Linda?) I might have an email address on her. We traded seeds two or three years ago.

I sent a helleborus to Malgorzate and there she got troubles with import . She lived in Japan I believe . Suddenly she stopped with posting and I did not longer got post from her

Roelie,

Do you remember the story of how Gardenbuddies started? I wasn't around from the very beginning, but I think I remember hearing that several of the original members had been on another Garden forum, and had not felt comfortable there.

Diane and Anna were sent the forum site, sure hope they find us.

David and Roelie, I believe the original groups was from GardenWeb & Dave's Garden. I knew EJ from growing brugs
and was invited by him to join GB.

Hi Seil,
Karma told me about this place and I'm glad to see so many of you here. This wonderful group should not be allowed to disappear.

Speaking of brugs, Karma, how has your collection come through the winter?