Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Getting to know you!, 1 by woodspirit1

woodspirit1 wrote:
I seriously considered making up a bunch of stuff but then I remembered the old adage, "life is stranger than fiction." While no one like to be old enough to retire, since I only have 5 months left, I am champing at the bit.
Because I grew up living in hotels (my dad was a career hotel manager) with no yard, I really yearned for the outdoors.But Central Park or the Boston Commons were it for me for many years. Then we moved to Savannah and bought a bungalow on a tidal creek. Life turned into heaven on earth. I actually tried to grow a few things with no knowledge or advice. The Easter Lillies were the first success and multiplied rapidly. I still love all kinds of bulbs. But we were soon on the road again and moved to Greenfield, Mass. and then a few months later, to Atlanta where we had a home again. This place was planted in rambler roses. I remember one in particular growing up over the roof of the garage. So that's wehn my love of roses began.
All this led to my best/worst trait. I am famously impatient. I want everything to bloom the first year. I want to stick it in the ground and voila! lots of impact the first year. I guess I can't get it out of my system, that I may not be here next year and move on. Of course, this is silly. I have lived in the same county for 32 years and the same house for about 12 of those. I hope to never move again, or not until I need to be closer to town. Being impatient is not all bad; I get things done quickly.
I work with a historical society and run the county's archives. When I give someone a project, I always say, "get back to me when you finish" of "call me when you know (an answer) or if you have a problem."
Married, 2 kids, 5 grandchildren, 2 step-grandchildren (really lucky with those two) living nearly as far in the back of beyond as darius where I am surrounded with lots of trees, rhododendrons and my spousal unit has done a lot of rock garden and terracing construction. (77 steps so far made of stone and concrete)!
I have worked as an employment counselor, chef and inn manager, journalist (still dabble in that) and been selling cemetery property off and on since 1995, lol.
This waterfall is near my house. Whitewater Falls. I have posted it before. It is the highest falls in the eastern part of the U.S. About 1,000 feet counting the lower falls (not shown).