Stories Collected While Living in France

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My Mother’s Garden

Welcometomygarden

My Mother’s garden, welcomes us to spring forth.

Birdhouseandheart

With teasing yellow for daisies; my Mom adds pink, orange, and violet blue objects like color charts for the flowers to take cue. What color are you?

Bucket with flowers

Take root! Bloom where you are planted. Any container will do. Zinc buckets with hen and chickens line the pathways.

Crowingarden

A black crow stands out amongst the first kisses of Spring. Variety is the seed to a colorful bouquet.

Milkcanwithflowers

Everything is a jewel in her garden. A rusty milk can with crowning glory.

Mymom

My Mom, the flower that blooms endlessly year round.

Comments

61 responses to “My Mother’s Garden”

  1. nel

    What a beautiful tribute to your mother…love her garden, so full of character and beauty. Perhaps like her?

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  2. phyllis

    Your mom and mine I think are a lot alike! We’ll just have to drop them off together at a garden shop while we take off to the brocante…you in?

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  3. Jeanne

    Treasure your lovely Mother.
    You are blessed beyond belief with all the beauty and magic in your life.
    Love you darling one.
    Jeanne
    X0X0

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  4. Marie-Noëlle

    I can well imagine your mother as a Love Bee about her garden surrounded by all the bumble bees you introduced to us the other day…
    Lucky you, Corey…

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  5. French husband

    she is my favorite mother in law … and définitly I love her cookies !

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  6. robin

    Corey….
    My Mom is a garden queen as well! Is it me or do you look just like your Mom?????

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  7. sheila

    To find beauty in all you see.. it’s a genetic trait that obviously you have inherited from your Mother..whom you resemble.
    Isn’t it nice to look like our Mothers, mine is gone now, but I see her face everytime I look in a mirror.It is comforting.
    I hope you spent a blessed and heartwarming time with your family.
    xx

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  8. dkmp9293

    I thought you looked like your dad until I saw this picture of your mom! Beautiful!

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  9. Alison Whittington

    Oh, beautiful! How I would love to have a garden like that — full of fun and whimsy. This year is the first year I will even try to garden, other than planting tulips.

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  10. constance

    Your Moms pretty just like you. Her flowers make me happy. Welcome home.

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  11. gracie

    Exotic! The garden… and your talented mum… you’ve got great genes!

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  12. Shannon

    Wow, you’re mom looks incredible! You resemble her very much.
    I envy that things are blooming for her already as I sit here waiting for the ice and snow to melt.
    I’m going to collect the posts about her gardens to inspire me…..

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  13. boliyou

    What a lovely tribute to your mom! I love her garden and the clever re-use of items. Practical and beautiful!

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  14. CathyC

    Your mom is beautiful. You look a lot like her. Container gardens are some of my favorite.

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  15. Anna

    Your mom……her garden….her family……BEAUTIFUL!

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  16. parisbreakfasts

    I’ll trade you a NYC chocolate tour for a garden tour at your mom’s.
    What a dreamy garden…sigh

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  17. andrea

    Lovely, just lovely all around.
    a.

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  18. Merisi

    Everything just lovely, beautiful tribute to your mother’s garden artistry.
    How come mothers are so good with gardens? Mine’s the same ….

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  19. Dawn

    Thank you for the glimpse into the garden…and of your lovely “mum”..
    xo

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  20. Star

    What a wonderful eye your mother has for creative planting. It’s clear to see where you got your good looks!

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  21. Gypsy Purple-Chamara

    Your Mom`s garden….where you remember her…picture her and treasure her….she`s lovely!!

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  22. martina

    What a great eye for color ande design your mom has! She is also quite beautiful. It seems that everyone in your family is very good looking and model material!

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  23. wishes heros

    I just love your mother’s garden! She is so creative!
    Love, love, love!

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  24. turquoisecro

    I’m tempted to start some of those hens and chickens! I’ve never had those before! I’d LOVE to walk in your mother’s garden, it looks beauty full just like her!!!and I LOVE crows! Welcome back home to France Girly!!! xo, Cro

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  25. Ulla

    Oh Corey, you look so much like your lovely mother! Welcome home, I hope you all arrived safely. I am so sorry that I missed seeing you – but shall await Summer…

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  26. Paris Parfait

    Such lovely flowers, imaginative containers and of course, loveliest of all, your mom (you resemble her a lot).

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  27. susanna

    Oh my gosh, Corey, you look so much like your mom! And she’s beautiful!

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  28. Flights

    Love your pictures. Your mom looks very young at heart! There’s a sparkle about her!

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  29. stephanie s

    what a beautiful tribute to a beautiful woman…

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  30. MB

    Laughed at French husband’s comment. Beautiful flowers. Qu’elle est belle, ta mere, comme toi aussi!

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  31. meredith

    You look like your beautiful mom!

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  32. pam aries

    Your Mother and her garden are lovely! Yes, you do look like her! Cool! I love those rustic gardens…it reminds me so much of my Grandmother’s !

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  33. Lei

    Those pictures make me smile! The colors and the arrangements – so fun and happy. Your mother seems like an amazing woman…

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  34. cruststation

    I love the second picture so much, the lovely colours together hinting of vibrant country life. Your mother’s garden is amazing, wonderful everytime you take us on a walk. You look so much like your mum 🙂 both a heart of gold.

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  35. Kristy

    Wow your mother is so beautiful! x

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  36. Di Overton

    Your mom is a very colourful lady.

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  37. Nora

    Beautiful, rich colours.

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  38. Regina Clare Jane

    Oh, she’s gorgeous! I see where you get all your beauty and talent from, my dear!
    xoxo

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  39. Shelley

    Corey,you are as beautiful as your mother inside and out.I’m so glad to be able to share friendship with the both of you! Yes,Dolores your flower garden is beautiful.

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  40. AJ

    Beautiful garden. Beautiful mother. Beautiful writer. It all goes hand in hand!

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  41. Gina

    Aww, what a beautiful garden, a beautiful mom, and a beautiful daughter.

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  42. patpaulk

    What a beautiful bloom she is too!!

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  43. Beachy

    Your mother is the most beautiful flower you have photographed here!

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  44. Shelley Noble

    Your mom is beautiful, the men in your life (all of them!) are beautiful, your dad is a treasure, a garden of bliss.

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  45. Sandy

    Your mom’s garden is just great. How nice that look so much like her.
    I hope your dad is doing okay.

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  46. Toni Mason

    Beautiful picture of Dolores!!

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  47. naturegirl

    I love the creativity your mother expresses in her garden and what a fine looking lady she is! hugs NG

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  48. Vanessa

    Oh your mom is darling! And her garden treasures! Did you get back safe??? xxo, vanessa

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  49. carlene

    I can’t remember the last time I saw hen-and-chicks…and the rusty milk-can…feels like “old home week” for me! Thanx again for sharing!

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  50. Catalina

    Corey! what a wonderful family you have, your mother is so beautiful and “chic”! thank you for sharing these moments with us and enjoy!

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  51. parisbreakfasts

    No wonder you see beauty everywhere you look 🙂

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  52. berrie

    Your mama appears to be calling your heart here:) Beautiful mom, Beautiful daughter!

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  53. Carol

    Oh Corey your mum is a soulmate! Please tell her how much I love the pictures of her country garden! I also just love her hair! You have such a big gorgeous family!

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  54. Cousin Linda

    Corey is blessed with two amazing parents. Each one of their 5 children is unique in their own way — they have many talents which you can now see come from the genes of those that bore them. Dolores’ garden is one-of-a-kind — like her.

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  55. JRoesner80@aol.com

    Your mother is so lovely and she has that spark of the reference of nature and love of life in her eyes…it is unmistakeable. You have the same spark in your eyes!

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  56. Linda

    Your Mom is beautiful as is her yard. I can see where you get your creativity from.

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  57. Anastasia

    A beautiful post…happy signs of Spring and your mother is very attractive! you two look so alike!

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  58. Kristen Robisnon

    The subtle hints of spring are beginning to dance in our gardens YAY. Such a lovely and inviting place to be I am sure!
    XO
    Kristen

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  59. Mary Anne Davis

    No wonder you hav impeccable taste! 🙂

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  60. Sue K.

    This whole entry is so touching to me, but I was particularly inspired by the bucket of hen & chicks. Today I went out and recreated it in a vintage bucket I’ve been saving. Please tell your mother thank-you for the inspiration, from me.

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  61. judypatooote

    No wonder you are so creative…..beautiful…. judy

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