Irene & Aurel have Dutch Tulips

During our visit to Canada in May 2005, we stopped in Thurso, Quebec to visit my Mom & Dad. Since I am not able to easily visit my parents because I live so far away, I try to make them a priority on every visit to Canada so they are never forgotten & their importance in my heart is always remembered. The local church & cemetery in Thurso are very peaceful - they have a lovely view on a hill, overlooking the lake. Below are my parents (lying with my Ma Tante Simon on the Lecompte side of the family). Arnie came up with the brilliant idea to bring Dutch tulips from Holland for us to plant around their resting place so that every spring they would be surrounded lovingly by beautiful Dutch tulips. So once we arrived, we dug up the surrounding area & planted our tulip bulbs.

As a test, we planted one of these bulbs in Ma & Pa’s garden in the Northern part of Holland which has a similar climate to Thurso. I received word last week from Pa & Ma that the tulip is blooming marvelously which brought a grand smile to my face knowing that my parent’s are surrounded by this treasured flower from Holland & feel the love that we left them.

Als een test, planten wij één van deze bollen in Ma & Pa's tuin in het Noordelijke deel van Holland dat een gelijkaardig klimaat aan Thurso heeft. Ik ontving woord vorige week van Pa & Ma dat de tulp prachtig bloeiend is - wat een grote glimlach aan mijn gezicht wetend bracht dat mijn ouder door dit wordt omringd bloem van Holland & voelt de liefde dat wij hen verlieten.

I also received an email the other day from an excited Linda (a very dear friend in Ottawa) who also received one of our handmade basket of tulips during the same trip (we brought some for everyone). She planted them into her garden and was thrilled to share with me that her tulips are also blooming & gorgeous!

Many thanks to Pa & Ma for sharing the below photo. This brings tears of joy to my eyes that my Mom & Dad are are not forgotten & have bursts of colours to greet them at the start of every new day along with our love from across the world.

Veel bedanken aan Pa & Ma voor het delen van de onderstaande foto. Dit brengt scheuren van vreugde aan mijn ogen dat mijn Mom & Papa zijn niet vergeten & hebben uitbarstingen van kleuren zijn om hen bij het begin van elke nieuwe dag samen met onze liefde te begroeten van over de wereld.