In Search Of My Mothers Garden

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“working”

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tells me that she never stopped working, she just changed activities.

Front 2

When they tell us that she worked beside her father not behind

Back 2

tells me that she never stopped working, she just changed activities.

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Quilt made by an anonymous black woman 100 years ago

Back 3

Shows that they expressed their beliefs while they worked, and were creative without others really realizing how creative they were

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An artist who left her mark in in the only materials that she could afford, and in the only medium her position in society allowed her to use

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Even though they(she) were poor they expressed their creativity hoping to not be discovered by others, and was creative when thought to be working

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Not just your typical straggly country stand of zinnias either. But ambitious gardens with over 50 different varieties of plants

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Showed how much her mother loved her gardens, and that she took care of them so well, she didn't want them to be like everybody else's ,but to show here creative spirit

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My mother adorned with flowers every shabby house we were forced to live in.

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Even though maybe when the author was young she thought that her mother thought of gardening as work, when she looks back she sees that her childhood was much niceer and more colorful because of the gardening

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Whatever she planted grew as if by magic and her fame as grower of flowers spread over three counties

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She was very well known because of here gardening, but that isn't what she liked about it.

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Even my memories of flowers a seen through a screen of blooms

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Even when her family was experiencing difficult times her mother maintained hope with gardening.

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"I noticed that it is only when my mother is working in her flowers she is almost radiant

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She is truly happy when she is gardening. For her it is not work but the way she expresses hope and creativity