Tag Archives: Memorial Day

Lilacs Don’t Last Forever

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek

When Grandma Daisy came to the Farm as a bride in the decade before World War I, she planted lilac bushes. She was the daughter of a Civil War veteran who had homesteaded along the Creek about five miles upstream … Continue reading →

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Old Fashioned Flowers

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek

Back in the mid-twentieth century, Memorial Day was also known as Decoration Day. It wasn’t only military veterans who were remembered and whose graves were decorated with flowers. It was all of our family and friends who had died. It … Continue reading →

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