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When I close my eyes, I see my grandma in her youth tending her flower garden. And clad in sandals, she'd wiggle her toes while lightly fingering the tactile earth. Donning her favorite faded straw hat, she'd spend hours amidst these floral jewels. For she was very fond of bright colors and often looked like a flower herself. With a pair of flashy plastic earrings and her knitted shawl, she looked like a doll. And blended right in with her surroundings, as if she was planted there by nature. She enjoyed smelling and gently stroking the blooms as they opened to her senses. And treated her roses as living art, priceless masterpieces that touched her heart. (Blank Verse) 2/26/2016

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Date: 5/26/2018 7:39:00 PM
Grand-mothers are angels waling the earth, as you know, Emile.
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Date: 5/27/2018 7:56:00 AM
Thanks Line, I appreciate your support my friend, Emile.
Date: 2/26/2016 10:08:00 PM
"each a masterpiece she stored in her heart" and too think your turned out to be one, with such observation and compassion for humanity!
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Date: 2/27/2016 7:57:00 AM
Thank you Arthur, what a nice thing to say. Emile.
Date: 2/26/2016 8:26:00 PM
A beautiful and touching tribute (if true) to your Granny. If fiction, it touches my heart in the place that belongs to my Granny. I enjoyed this sentimental write very much ... CayCay
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Date: 2/27/2016 7:56:00 AM
Thanks so much CayCay, I appreciate your comments, this is part true and part poetic license. Emile.
Date: 2/26/2016 11:47:00 AM
picturesque view of the garden and your grandma, both really ostentatious: very nice, emile.. huggs
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Date: 2/26/2016 12:26:00 PM
Thanks Nette, I appreciate your comments. Emile.
Date: 2/26/2016 11:26:00 AM
Lovely picture of your grandma. Is the last word in the 3rd line a typo? Sandals? Hugs
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Date: 2/26/2016 12:28:00 PM
Thanks Eileen, I'm glad you caught that typo, I appreciate it. Emile.
Date: 2/26/2016 9:56:00 AM
This is sugar sweet. My grandmother always grew pastel colored sweet peas upon a trellis. How nice that we hold on to these memories, Emile.
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Date: 2/26/2016 12:30:00 PM
Thanks Lin, yes memories can be an important piece in the puzzle of life, I appreciate your comments. Emile.
Date: 2/26/2016 9:41:00 AM
Reminds me of my gram as well. I think over the years, I am becoming her. What anice portrayal, Thank you, Emile.
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Date: 2/26/2016 12:31:00 PM
Thanks so much DM, I appreciate your comments. Emile.

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