From Don and Kay in Garden City comes this photo of one of mom Linville's amaryllis plants (more correctly, a descendant thereof) blooming in their sunroom on Monday of this week. As Don noted, just in time for her birthday. Bertha Williams was born on this date 101 years ago in a Western Kansas dugout. A true pioneer, she loved flowers and grew an amazing variety of them despite the challenges of surviving in a a dry, windy, hot, freezing, dusty, unpredictable climate. The amaryllis was only one of the beautiful things that she passed on to her children and their children over the years. And she was the best mother-in-law I could have ever hoped for. Nine years since her passing, we still miss her.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Mom Linville's Birthday
From Don and Kay in Garden City comes this photo of one of mom Linville's amaryllis plants (more correctly, a descendant thereof) blooming in their sunroom on Monday of this week. As Don noted, just in time for her birthday. Bertha Williams was born on this date 101 years ago in a Western Kansas dugout. A true pioneer, she loved flowers and grew an amazing variety of them despite the challenges of surviving in a a dry, windy, hot, freezing, dusty, unpredictable climate. The amaryllis was only one of the beautiful things that she passed on to her children and their children over the years. And she was the best mother-in-law I could have ever hoped for. Nine years since her passing, we still miss her.
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