A Gardeners Forum Forums Members History Forum Life 2006 Dads trip to Brazil and some England pics. VERY PHOTO HEAVY.

Wooooooohhhh It looks Like a Drop off

So when did you start up your interest in gardening was is because your Grandfather has gardens??? I bet seeing that house brings back a lot of sweet memories huh Loz?
I was watching househunters international and they sell small spaces for megabucks$$$$$$$$$$$$$'s all over the world

WOW!!!!!!

GREAT pics, Loz!!!!!

Amazing! Thank you!Loz,I see where you get your shoe thing, Your mom had some darn nice shoes on....great pics!!

Angie, mom is nowhere near as bad as me with shoes! Yesterday I wanted to buy some more boots and she was just smiling and shaking her head at me.

You know, saying that the house had a yard that big is a bit generous probably. Mom only had a couple of plants there, and when it was nice Dad would put our little kiddy pool in the backyard so I could play. This might give you a better idea of the size of the yard. TINY! And not worth 200,000 pounds.



I did get my love of gardening from my nana and grandad! They had a little sign made with Lauras garden where I could dig around and plant seeds. Grandad grew lots of things but I specifically remember all of the Sweetpeas he had---it's sad now that he's in too poor of health to garden....

Loz...Reminds me of my youth in Chicago,Just Love The pics...:-)

Yeah 200,000 sounds about right these days Laura. Prices have gone really high. It's ridiculous, how can first time buyers afford that! The prices are higher still in the city centre.

Thanks for sharing Loz!!!

Beautiful pictures Loz! What a wonderful gift your brother gave to your dad.

loz

Sounds like one wonderful family .

Perhaps you will go there some day.

dodge ......Thanks for sharing.....

Barb, it is a great family....I doubt I'll ever get to Brazil, but I have been back to England one time.

Lisa---I can't believe the prices of things over there , especially housing. That house we grew up in wasn't that great. When we lived there it had no central heating. Just a fireplace and we used a kerosene heater upstairs......We'd wake up to frost inside the windows!

loz

I didnt know your from England......Your doing great here.. What age did you come here/

My husbands grandmom was from there, and gdad was Wales......My dad was Poland.

Tell me more.

dodge

Well the story is this: My nana in England married a US soldier that was stationed in the UK. They had my mom and a few years later divorced because Nana wouldn't leave England. Mom never knew her "real" dad. She was raised by my Nanas next husband and to mom that is her dad.

When I was 6 mom found her US dad over here and came over here for a few weeks by herself to see him. Not long after that my dad got laid off from his welding job that he'd been at for years and years and was having problems finding a new job. They decided that the following year, when I was 7, that we'd move over here so mom could get to know her dad. So with a lot of tears we left England and all of our family behind for a new start over here.

We lived with moms real dad and stepmother for a few months until we found a house. Luckily they could buy it outright from selling the house in England. It was a real struggle at first--Dad did anything he could for money including, grave digging, painting houses, any odd job he could get.

Things weren't great with my "real" grandad. His new family didn't know about mom, and his wife was jealous of her. He passed away 5 years after we moved here.

We've been here now since 1983 and even though I'm still a UK citizen I consider the US my home and plan on becoming a citizen when my green card expires.

Loz

wow ........
What a story......Glad your with us.. You had it rough.......
When does the green card expire? I know nothing of that .

dodge

I believe I have 3-4 more years left as a registered legal alien. They are good for 10 years--going to Baltimore to get it was TERRIBLE!!!! A real pain in the rear. :p

I can't complain too much, it was hard leaving our family in England....and I rarely ever get to see them and that's sad. We've had a pretty good life over here.

loz - we always KNEW you were an ALIEN!!!

Lynne!!

I am! I'm an alien!

loz,

You sounded so american, I would of never guessed..

I imagine it is worse when your a child and drawn between relatives..
Glad you survived........
My man was in England in the air force.. Told me lots of stories..

They are supposed to be great experts on flowers.
You in the right spot Loz......
And i read every one of the James Herriot stories.. He was the ole Vet there and loved animals........
Did you read them? They are all thru our librarys.....

Dodge

great pics loz, now if I can figure out how to afford to go to England! Your pics really made the scenery look as I thought it to be all these years.

Dodge, English gardens are some of the most beautiful ones out there! I don't think I've ever read any of his books, I'll have to look them up.

KS, just glad to share some pics!

Here's me in front of our old house the only time I've ever been back....I was 15.

...and of course you have a shopping bag in your hand!

Why of course.....my brother in England gave me 50 pounds to go shopping with. Well that isn't really THAT much but I dragged dad in every womens store I could find that day!

BTW, that's my natural hair color--no wonder I color it!

It looks fine Laura but i do like the red too!!!

It looks like MY hair color!