We had the nicest, sweetest elderly couple living next door to us. They really liked flowers---a lot!! They had a huge flowerbed in the front lawn. It started at the street curb and came up at least 12 feet. It was the whole width of the yard. There were all different kinds of flowers in there. The ones I remember the most are the zinnias and the mums. They had some rose bushes up by the house and a flower bed in back the width of their house. The one in the backyard was only about two feet out from the house. Needless to say, these flowers took a lot of work weeding and so forth.
The man would be outside every day with his hose watering by hand all the flowers and the lawn. Day in and day out you would see him doing this. Mom affectionately nicknamed him
"The Waterduck", because he was always using so much water. The whole time we lived there that is what we called them (between ourselves), the Waterduck and Mrs. Waterduck.
Isn't it strange the things we remember, this story happened over 50 years ago. Actually it is quite trivial and no one is particularly going to enjoy reading this story. However it is a very vivid memory so here it is!! lol
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I always think in my mind that there is a season for everything. They were older and retired and had that kind of time and energy. I don't. It's all I can do to keep my grass and bushed alive. We're growing children! lol But I love to look at healthy, well maintained flower gardens. It's a beautiful display of colors and smells.
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