Friday, October 4, 2013

The Privet Hedge


Sid, Barby, Martha, Ruth (their mother), Peggy, Ruston


Martha, Sid, Ruston, Barby, Peggy

Here is a photo of my mother's family in front of the privet hedge in Stanstead, Quebec.

Look how it grew over the years!

2 comments:

SAM said...

What treasures! I can't stop staring at them all as kids. Those could be our kids. So little to attach them to a certain time or place. Thank you so much!

Ruth Lizotte said...

Barb, perhaps you could find a photo of the privet hedge on Oak Ridge Avenue. It is because of the one in Standstead and the one in Summit that I planted 150 privet bushes behind my perennial flower garden. For thirty-two years I dutifully pruned it...a bit narrower towards the top so the sun could hit it evenly down the sides...learned from Pat McKenna. There is great reverence in the care of a privet hedge...very Anglo Saxon! Thanks for the reminder!