La fleur de Tante Alice
Aunt Alice’s flower.
Dimanche dernier 7 juin, c’était la fête des mères en France. Janine a eu la surprise de voir ses enfants venir avec leur part d’un excellent repas. Après le repas nous avons fait une promenade dans le jardin où une photo a été prise

Last Sunday June 7 it was Mothers’Day in France. Janine got the surprise to see her childreen coming with their part of an excellent meal .After the meal we had a wallk in the garden where une photo was taken
Puis, en allant plus loin, nous sommes entrés dans le potager bordé de pommiers, de cerisiers et de poiriers. En dessous de l’un d’eux, nous avons vu des fleurs bleues «ce sont les fleurs de tante Alice» dis-je.
Cette tante de Janine nous a donné cette fleur à notre arrivée à Amiens en 1986. Elle est décédée en 1997 et depuis lors ces fleurs, cette variété de campanules, nous la rappelle. D’autres fleurs ou arbustes nous rappellent les chers membres de la famille ou les régions où nous vivions auparavant
Avez-vous des fleurs ou d’autres choses qui vous rappellent de chers souvenirs?
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Then, going further, we entered the vegetable garden bordered of apple-trees , cherry trees and pear trees . Below one of them we saw blue flowers flower « they are aunt Alice’s flowers » I said.
This Janine’s aunt gave this flower when we came in Amiens in 1986. She passed aways in 1997 and since then those flowers, a variety of bellflowers, recall her to us . Others flowers or shrubs recall us dear family members or areas we lived before
Do you have flowers or other things that recall you dear remembrances ?
Very nice! Must have been wonderful having your entire family there. We planted a cherry tree for my daughter when she was small and now it is quite big and full of delicious cherries. All the best!
Your daughter is certainely happy to grow with a cherrytree which gives so good fruits .
Such a beautiful family, Michel. I know you are very proud of all of them. You and Janine together are a wonderful couple. ❤️
What a gorgeous family photo, the family resemblance is amazing … what a fine looking bunch! And the garden looks lovely, perfect weather 🙂
Many plants hold memories for me but jade and aloe vera are the two most important 🙂
You will certainly one day make a poem with your memories of
the aloe vera. But what about jade, Kate?
I have a very close dear friend of the same name Michel 🙂
Michel in France is a renowned angel , since Joan of Arc ! There is also the Mount St Michel , small island in Normandy.
ah knew you had some history behind such a remarkable man!
I know you’re an angel, not sure about the island … you love your wife and family too much to be that 😉
I have to stay modest, Kate ! 🙂
lol you are a hoot, much insight kindness and humor, Janine is a lucky woman ❤
I had no idea France’s Mother’s Day was June 7th! Looks like you and family celebrated nicely. Ours was in May and I was devastated to not see my mom this year. Nor did my brother for fear of COVID 19. I love your question about plants and shall think and maybe write about it soon.
The epidemic changed our habits and tradittions . Hopeful it’s soon the end!
The Belle’s flower is lovely. We have a couple plants from Scott’s yard, a spider lily and a TX wild rose. A red oak tree in our back yard was planted by our son. The last time he saw it he couldn’t believe how large it had grown. Some white iris plants came from a pool friend who just died this year. Most things with memories are on the walls of our home.
Scott loved plants . I remember this time on Xanga.
A wonderful picture of family. Flowers always give me joy. i see the gerbera daisies when I walk the yard in the morning. They come in so many colors and last a long time…even cutting and putting them into a bouquet…They seem to smile. My favorite have always been yellow roses…All roses are beautiful. Red roses have a lovely fragrance and speak of love. Yellow roses are sunshine captured.
Bluebells are gentle, kind and peaceful.
In your yard, François,we find gorgeous flowers , very shining and bringing peace
Sounds like a wonderful mothers day. I have many things that remind me of family members. I have a tiny blue cut glasa dog with a collar and. Small crystal or fake diamond eyes. He is about an inch in size. My granfathee got it out of a gumball machine and gave it to my grandmothee when she was 18. She eore it around her neck on small chain
.that waa 1931
And i cant spell today. I cant see well without my classes 😆
We all have sight problems, Tudy . Your grand parents memories with this little dog are moving
I have a peony in remembrance of my dad. My Aunt gave me my iris starts and I think if her when they bloom. My mom gave me lillies.
Peony, Iris, lily: all flowers that I have in my garden too and I love them.
I have probably 15 Coulmbines that I have planted from seeds. They are one of my favorites. I plant a ton of zinnias every year. They are my favorite annual.
I have too Columbines in my garden . They have their own area and sow by themselves but I cannot have Zinnias.
My Columbine are huge.
They deserve a photo on your site !
I posted one a couple weeks back.
Thanks , I have just seen them . They are beautiful.
Thank you.
I always enjoy seeing pictures of your lovely garden and your lovely family! We have some flowers that came from the garden of Dan’s grandmother. She died in 1984. It is nice to have that reminder of her in our yard. She was French Canadian and could speak French.
I guess those flowers bring moving memories to Dan and you , Nancy.
Yes, since Dylan’s death I associate everything purple with him. So I look for and plant purple flowers. My favorites are deep purple irises, just beautiful. Belated mother’s day wishes to Janine, I’m glad all the kids came to see her.
Love, Christine 💜
The purple irises bring you vivaciously the presence of Dylan, Christine.
Happy Mother’s day Janine. Looks like it has been a wonderful day for her, and your whole family.
Yes, Angy , a mother always is happy to get her children.
Oui. L’hibiscus, la fleur de mon enfance…I still always rejoice when I see one to this very day 🌺❤
What a beautiful way to remember Janine’s aunt! We have many plantings here for people and animals we have known. It is a gift of life to remember them with flowers, shrubs and trees.
Much love to you, Janine and the family. ❤
Lavinia
Yes, Lavinia, plants may be moving witnesses of people or animals from the past.
I am happy your family was able to be together. Love the picture. Oleander bushes and trees remind me of my childhood. We had 2 oleander trees in our yard. I think I’ve told you about them before. I remember their scent. Another scent or smell that reminds me of childhood, is the scent of an oriental rug store, with hundreds old rugs rolled up and standing on end. Unfortunately my sense of smell is lessening. When we visited the rug factory in Armenia my brother was disappointed that I didn’t smell the rugs. I told him I’d rather lose my sense of smell that my eyesight or hearing. I am blessed.
Better see the oriental rugs than smell them, Gracia ! It is great your youth memories come with oleander bushes .
What a beautiful post and a beautiful family!
Thanks , Nico
Blessings! 🙂
love seeing your beautiful family. The flowers are lovely.
you too, Elizabeth have a nice family/
Lovely! Lilacs always remind me of my Grandmother Tena and columbine reminds me of my mother! I just planted some columbine… The Bellflower is very pretty but pales when compared to the bouquet composed of all your children and grandchildren!
I like this beautiful comment, Val.
It’s wonderful seeing your whole family gather to celebrate Mother’s Day.
I’ve never grown anything in my whole life before, but I’m partial to roses, lilies, gerberras and forget-me-nots.
You love poet’s flowers , Suzy.
C était une très bonne journée, bon clin d oeilpour ma tante Alice. Bonne journée je t embrasse
Merci, Carole.
Mother’s Day was different this year as we did not see any family. We are still isolating; still haven’t seen anyone or been anywhere! I did not realize there was a different date celebrated there. It sounds like you had a lovely day. I have a lot of memories associated with different flowers and plants. Red roses for my Mom & Dad, climbing roses for my Grandma (Mom’s Mother), Hollyhocks for my Grandpa (Mom’s side) – he loved them & my Grandma did not, Rose of Sharon for my Dad’s parents, who named their daughter Sharon, and had several of the bushes in their yard. Cannas & rhododendrons for my husband, snapdragons for my daughter, Dogwood trees for me! I am thrilled to have several dogwood sprouts to nurture this year. Lots of memories associated with flowers and plants!
Your garden gathers a lot of memories,, Susan. We had dogwood trees too but it is invading in the garden.
How lovely to see your latest family photo, Michel! 🙂 A very happy belated Mother’s Day to Janine. I can well imagine it was a wonderful day for her, especially with family members bringing part of the meal. Those flowers are so delicate – such a pretty colour. ❤
The children arrival for mothers’day was a surprise for Janine, Marion.
What a lovely photograph of all the family. I hope some of the rain that we have been getting here for the past few days will come your way to help your garden after such a dry May. I still have my Mum’s houseplants that I have kept growing since she passed away.
Yes the rain is welcome , Julie .
I often am thinking of your mother
so nice to have memories of this aunt 🙂
at home, i had ‘forget me nots’ for mike
they came up every year, if i helped them with reseeding the year before or not
i didn’t bring any with me, as i don’t have a garden
but when griffin and i walk the neighbourhood, i often see some in peoples’ gardens and smile for a sweet moment ❤
No risks you forgot Mike, Marlaine .with “forget me not” or not. ❤
My “Gram” loved Peonies, Lilacs, and Hollyhocks. My other grandmother love Poppies, Sweet William and Iris.
The flowers always bring memories flooding back.
🌹Rachel
They bring you memories at different months of the year , Rachel
What a lovely family you and Janine have produced! I always love hearing about them. A very special Mother’s Day for a very special mother and grandmother!!
Those flowers are so beautiful! I love flowers, though I don’t know many names. How special to think of them as Aunt Alice’s! I have many things that bring blessed memories to my mind. Bougainvilleas and banana “trees”, and mango and duhat trees all bring back beautiful, fragrant, and delicious memories of my childhood homes in the Philippines. 💕
They are your chilhood trees , Carolyn/
My Grandmother gave me a deep red colored gladiolus to plant in my garden. It was beautiful! A few years later she passed away and at her graveside I saw an arrangement of flowers with only one red gladiolus just like she had gave to me. I looked at is as a sort of gift from her.
This red gladiolus is like a sign from your grandmother,Gail.
M E R V E I L L E U S E p h o t o d e FAMILLE !
Splendides vous tous !
Et Alice était le prénom de ma maman, une fleur … qui aimait les fleurs bien évidemment !
Amitiés de Suisse, AM
Une belle coïncidence Anne M
What a great idea to motivate your fans to remember the flowers they have received as gifts. Today, I visited my sister Babs but she wasn’t at home. I strolled through her beautiful yard, enjoying her lovely flower beds and noticed some small lilies that I had given her. I call them Irish lilies as they were a gift from my Irish friend.
This is a good example of memorie brought by a flower, Judy.
I remember Babs who have a beautiful blog on Xanga
Merci Michel , grâce à toi,comme tu semblais inquiet, j’ai insisté , et maintenant je pense à nouveau pouvoir répondre sur wp.
Grâce à vos enfants, vous avez eu une belle fête !
Les campanules sont vraiment de belles fleurs !
Ici aussi dans mon jardinet j’ai au printemps, des iris jaunes et de la sauge de tante yvonne, des pivoines de tante cécile, et des pots de grandes feuilles vertes de maria… cela fait à chaque fois, un joli lien souvenir et ces plantes anciennes sont bien plus résistantes que celles que nous achetons maintenant.
bonne semaine à vous Michel ! bises !
Merci; Maidy.
What a beautiful family photo Michel! Precious moments. I do like how you connect these flowers with family members. The bell flower look so pretty, does it have any scent? For me, its the items that I keep are my memory treasures – like a lovely gold ring from my late grandmother which i have kept for so many years, the kapok stuffed pillow my mother made for Isabella ..though I have no garden and i am no green finger, I do miss looking at the beautiful flowers and plants, smelling the fresh scent that lingers ..
Gold ring and kapok stuffed pillow bring so dear memories, Tima .
Oh, Aunt Alice’s flowers are beautiful!
Your family, even more beautiful, Michel! 🙂
I hope all the moms in your life had a very Happy Mother’s Day…especially Janine!
Many things recall memories…
as for flowers…
irises make me think of my Dad…he loved to grow them.
wildflowers are important to me…
yellow roses remind me of my Mom… 🙂
(((HUGS))) 🙂
PS…I was AWOL, but like The Terminator, ” I’ll be bach!” and now, I’m back. I explained in a blog I just now blogged. 🙂 Thank you so much for checking in on me! You are so sweet! 🙂
I am so glad to see you again, Carolyn. I was worrying for you.
Thank you!
Oh this is lovely Michel. Such an amazing keepsake. My grandmother had an amazing flower garden. She knew the names of everyone of them. I recall the scent of the roses and honeysuckle and a thousand butterflies flitting among the blossoms. ❤️
I imagine you at this time, Holy , enjoying your grandmother and her beautiful flower garden . And also what a joy for her .!
Yes, she was a major influence in my life. On the porch was a white swing . She would sit there each night so I could “put on a show’ for her, singing. Such sweet memories.
Love,
Holly ❤️
Your grandmother was an artist and a nature lover, Holly . Did she live by the sea ?
No she didn’t. They had a farm , cotton and tobacco, cattle. I lived by the sea in the city with my father but They were my summer escape To the country. She was a loving soul.
What warm memories , Holly! Thank you to share your life with us .
Thank you as well. Your family photos and experiences are heartwarming.
Love aaaand nature were around you and in you, Holly.
Yes, merci Michel. 🌷
Bonjour mon Ami MICHEL santé à toi et ta FAMILLE

Même si ce n’est que du virtuel
Prenons un café ensemble et discutons d’un monde meilleur
Où règne le bonheur
Discutons de nos souhaits
Qu’ils se réalisent
Discutons d’avoir une grande maison
ou tous ensemble , amis du monde , on se rassemblera chaque saison
Rêvons d’une nouvelle société de paix
Où chacun de nous aura son nid
Rêvons d’un monde paisible
Où l’on oubliera les soucis les plus pénibles
Rêvons ensemble de ce futur
Où l’on effacera le passé le plus dur
Partageons d’un sourire éternel
en survolant l’immense ciel ou la joie sera pure
Tu vois mon ami , amies du monde
je dépose un petit peu de bonheur dans le creux de ton cœur, te souhaiter ce qu’il y a de meilleur
bonne fin de journée bisous Bernard
Merci pour le café , Bernard.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend! Love and prayers and (((HUGS))) 🙂
Thanks, Carolyn . I will think of you tomorrow Saturday in the afternoon during the dialysis ( 4h and half)
Thank you!
I am praying for you.
(((HUGS)))
Aunt Alice’s flowers are gorgeous. I love your family and the love that your children share with you and Janine. Beautiful post and beautiful photo.
This specie of flower is very resilient and year to year they recall us the people who gave it to us.
Thanks , Zakiah
Hello Michel
Just dropping by to wish you a HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!
This is very kind, dear Tima .
Thank you
Love ❤
Michel
le jardin est magnifique! 🌷
J’aime beaucoup ce cadeau éternel qu’elle vous a donner
Le jardin est rempli de souvenirs, Kaiori.
lovely family photo! you always dress so fashionably, Michel!
and beautiful bellflowers.
You have a fantastic family, Michel! It is rare that families get everyo9ne together on such a regular basis for the special family days.