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Remembering Tanya

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Bougainvillea #03 and #04

Bethany Knights and Kelly Richardson

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this page was updated on Thursday 22nd August 2013

Bethany Knights

Saturday 1st June 2013

Want to hear something crazy ??

The weekend after the Memorial, I was feeling so down
Crying a lot and I just could not stop thinking about Tanya
I went out to my garden and I saw these flowers growing through the fence into my yard
They just looked so beautiful and they made me think of Tanya
I cut the flower branch and put it in a vase

They are still in the vase ... I haven't been able to bring myself to throw them out

When I looked on your website just ten minutes ago,
I saw that someone had given you a bougainvillea plant, like the one Tanya had outside her house

Bougainvillea was what I had picked !!

No wonder they had made me think of her and no wonder I've wanted to keep it

Isn't it amazing, that of all the plants in the world,
some bougainvillea grew through my fence and looked perfect for picking that day

I have attached the photo I took of the bougainvillea the day I picked it

Bethany

Here is a photo of the flowers on the day I picked it and today, where they still are on my table

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... and here is Bethany's post on Facebook

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Sunday 2nd June 2013

I love this ... thank you, Geoff and Sharon

This week I'm going to head to the nursery and buy my own bougainvillea

Friday 7th June 2013

I didn't go and get a bougainvillea plant this week because I had another little 'Tanya Moment' happen

A girl in my class brought in a bouquet of flowers for me and they were carnations
When Burger breaks up with Carrie on "Sex and the City",
he comes back to her with carnations, saying "I hear they're making a comeback"
It was an in-joke between Tanya and I
When she broke up with Errol I took her some carnations
And I left carnations on her door stop on the 11th of May
These made my week !!
I told the girl that they were Tanya and my favourite flowers together and how happy they made me and she felt so special

I love these 'Tanya Moments' I keep having ... so special ... I miss her

When the carnations die I will go and get the bougainvillea plant

Saturday 15th June 2013

Here she is ... and isn't she a beauty !!



Carrying her from the nursery to my car, I had the biggest smile on my dial

!! she's my "T Tree" !!

I'm currently Googling on how to look after bougainvillea so I can take care of the one I just bought
I got onto this website
Listen to the description of a bougainvillea ... it sounds like a description of Tanya !!

A floriferous and hardy plant
Virtually pest-free and disease resistant, it rewards its owner with an abundance of color and vitality when it's well looked after
The bougainvillea’s versatility is legendary
It can be coaxed into a small manageable pot plant or a sizeable tree,
to spread itself vertically on a wall, or climb up a trellis and form a luscious crown or burst forth into graceful arches
It makes one of the best hedges, bushes, and curb-liners
And as for bonsai or topiary purposes,
it has few equals, lending its complex branching to the pruning shears, which promote even more unique and graceful forms
It is probably true to say that without the bougainvillea,
our roads, parks, and private gardens would be a lot less colorful that what we see today
Everywhere we go, its brilliant hues and cheerful bursts punctuate the lush green mantle that cloaks our tropical environment
Other flowering plants certainly pale in comparison

I enjoyed reading this and thought you might too

... and here is Bethany's post on Facebook

Kelly Richardson

Kelly Richardson ... Visit to Cairns in October 2012 ... High School Reunion ... HERE
and
The Richardson Family ... Visit to Cairns in May 2014 ... HERE

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Thursday 22nd August 2013

When I got back from my weekend with her,
I went out and bought a hot pink bougainvillea just like the one she had outside her home
Now, whenever I see one in that colour, I think of her

NOTE

The above is an extract from a long and beautiful note sent by Kelly
and click HERE and scroll down the page to read the complete email

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