Fall is Here: Tiger Lilies are Blooming
By Kareng
@kareng (54724)
United States
October 10, 2019 5:49pm CST
One of the signs of Fall here in the south are Tiger Lilies in bloom. I have them in the front of the house and they framed the original sidewalk leading up to the front of the house.
These flowers have remained here over the years and continue to pop up each year and bloom. This is one of the oldest lilies in the lily family.
I wonder who planted them and when? This house was built in 1860 and was the home of one family who lived here thru the early 1900's. They raised a family here and farmed here. I did a good bit of research on this family when we first moved in. I found some papers and other things that belonged to them in the attic. It was all pieces of the puzzle of life many years ago.
One of the most interesting things I found were letters written when one of the sons was enlisted in the Army. There were several letters to and from him to his parents. There were also a letter or two from one of the son's girlfriends who was in another town.
I had planned on making a scrapbook on my findings until my nephews visited and got all my paperwork out of order. This ticked me off to no end.
Photo: My own
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
11 Oct 19
how gorgeous're those? dang...i might need to come visit with a shovel ;)
i'm sure such did get'cher dander'p, hon. surely ya can piece't all back together? would be a shame not to've that archived. might e'en be a local museum who'd love to've such to add to their collection.
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@kareng (54724)
• United States
16 Oct 19
@crazyhorseladycx Yep, need to stop and see if there is a phone number and contact person on door. They are currently doing some renovation to the outside of the building. It was originally the jail and then became a women's seminary. Interesting change of venues, huh?
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
11 Oct 19
@kareng perhaps they lack volunteers fer such? ya might see 'bout findin' out, eh?
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
10 Oct 19
They are very beautiful and those were very interesting pieces of personal history you have there. Is there a way to know where the descendants could be now?
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
14 Oct 19
@kareng lol, that makes him a useless source of information..
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@kareng (54724)
• United States
17 Oct 19
@louievill And why I didn't bother to contact him.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
10 Oct 19
They are beautiful! And that's really neat what you found in the home. =)
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Thanks.
@xstitcher (30316)
• Petaluma, California
13 Oct 19
At our house we have had bearded Irises for as long as I can remember.
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@choijungeun (2520)
• Hangzhou, China
11 Oct 19
TBH,i never heard about Tiger Lily,it's really a weird name,Lily seems a gentlewoman,but Tiger seems a fighter
It looks like Azalea,but Azalea is without those thorns.Although i lived in the hill,but i never any plants like this
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@wolfgirl569 (95241)
• Marion, Ohio
11 Oct 19
Pretty lilies. I would still try to get the paperwork sorted out.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Oct 19
Fascinating to have done research on your place.
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@LindaOHio (156271)
• United States
11 Oct 19
How cool that your house has a history that you can document. Love the tiger lilies.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Oct 19
With the changing of the season the plants are feeling it too.
