tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6628672383835272928.post8189447664369376930..comments2013-01-03T02:15:12.480-08:00Comments on Dordogne Doings.. by Scrumbles: Chyrsanthemums.. flowers of remembranceDordogne Doingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08750431361762316097noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6628672383835272928.post-30713891853306836482009-11-06T10:54:53.641-08:002009-11-06T10:54:53.641-08:00I'm from the Southern US, and I associate mums...I'm from the Southern US, and I associate mums with funerals. The smell makes me think of old people, death and sickness. I have never really liked them, and I would not want them as a gift. We have an annual "decoration", usually in Spring around Mother's Day, depending on the graveyard or church. It used to be a big deal with fresh flowers and big family reunions. There are many who still do it, but they're getting older. And the fresh flower arrangements have morphed into mass-produced fake flower wreaths, sold at Wal-mart at discount prices. The fake flowers last longer, but I think it's kind of sad.<br /><br />Our VFWs (Veterans of Foreign Wars) sell poppies for remembrance around Veteran's Day, but WWII always seemed far away in the past. Vietnam is even seeming dusty. (We haven't have war within our own country in so long, it doesn't have the same feeling). <br />However, with the Iraq and Afghan wars, I know people who have gone to war, and likely some of my classmates have fallen in war, which gives the term "veteran" a whole new meaning for me.<br /> <br />My husband is from Germany, and his grandfather associated pansies with funerals! He's never seen pansies on a grave, but that's just want his grandpa thought.chompermomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075369887836584586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6628672383835272928.post-20531701514371029122009-11-01T05:15:00.204-08:002009-11-01T05:15:00.204-08:00Beautiful post. I will be thinking of your Harry t...Beautiful post. I will be thinking of your Harry too xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6628672383835272928.post-68218596229757702602009-11-01T01:17:33.710-08:002009-11-01T01:17:33.710-08:00Thanks for that Diana. A lovely, reflective post. ...Thanks for that Diana. A lovely, reflective post. Here's to Harry! XAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com