My mother didn't have orchids or flowers. We did grow a pretty decent sized garden though that was dominated by tomato plants. We'd end up canning them in the early fall either into halves or sometimes sauce. Mostly, they were halved and pressure cooked to be stored for making something later.
I remember vaguely being on the assembly line for the tomatoes and the peaches. Peaches were generally toward the end of August if we went and picked any, and then tomatoes were normally a week or two later into mid-September.
I really should have learned how to cook from her. I think I have the aptitude for it, but I was too busy doing "guy" things to be bothered with. Then again, my Dad was a car mechanic, and I didn't learn that from him either.
I'm glad you have nice memories of your mother. Does the term matriarch mean anything personal to you? I know you've used it frequently. It's a formal, stately, majestic word, with a lot of respect and honor attached to it, I think. Is that what it feels like to you when you use it in talking about your mother? Just curious.
My mom was such enamored with planting. She planted flowers, vegetables and spices. Most of the vegetables we ate would come from her garden.
She hails from a province north of the capital that is said to not consider any meal complete without vegetables. She loved eating camote tops with a pungent fish sauce that is fermented. I remember my sisters hated the smell of it. I took a liking from it.
Almost everyone called my mom Matriach even our cousins and relatives because being a lass from the province who had humble beginnings she was able to go to the capital and study.
She eventually became a professor of English in several top universities and some of the well known politicians we have now was so afraid of her before because she was a terror.
While teaching and raising kids she was also able to study law and from their created a company that would make life a bit more comfortable for us and our relatives.
She was very strict and all my cousins were afraid of her and the funniest memory I have was a cousin who was smoking in our backyard and heard her car park in the driveway and I saw him swallow the cigarette and climb the fence rather than face the Matriarch.
He was somewhat banned from the house because he was a bad influence hahaha.
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Swallowed the cigarette?! I hope he didn't do that a lot. I can't imagine what that did to his insides.
Well, your mother sounds like a very incredible person. She's done a lot in her life. Striking fear in the hearts of politicians is no easy task. Hurray for her! A professor, studied law, built a business.
Now, you've used the past tense a few times here. Has she passed away? I think I know your father did because you've talked about that. I apologize if I'm mistaking how you've been saying things. But I thought I should ask just in case, because it seems like you've talked about other things she does. Of course I read a lot and don't always remember who wrote what. :)