Brooks

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfc3.jpg"> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="089a0f70.png" border=0 width="160" height="247" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><B>June 1989</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><B>:  </B></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>"Here…I've got these extra plants and seeds…</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>why don't you take them and just see what they do…"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>What they did was change our lives!</B></I></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=150 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <B>Gardeners by Nature </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><B>|</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gardeners by Nature "><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=330 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B>Whisper My Name</B></div> <div> <B>by Mary Elizabeth Cotton</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"If there's another world, he lives in bliss;</B></div> <div> <B>If there is none, he made the best of this." </B></div> <div> <B>Robert Burns</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>When my circle is complete</B></div> <div> <B>whisper my name to the East</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Let it float on balmy breezes</B></div> <div> <B>and whirl in autumn's golden leaves.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>See my eyes in the bluebird in springtime.</B></div> <div> <B>Hear my voice in mountain springs.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Taste my appetite for life in fruit and berries</B></div> <div> <B>and, yes     pancakes.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Tell a joke or make a pun and hear my laughter.</B></div> <div> <B>Find a new word and be surprised.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Dig for unusual facts and be amazed.</B></div> <div> <B>Make a child smile in wide-eyed wonder.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Discover a new wildflower and be delighted.</B></div> <div> <B>Put your hands in the earth and touch me.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>When my circle is complete</B></div> <div> <B>whisper my name to the East</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>For my beloved brother-in-law and friend,</B></div> <div> <B>Brooks Juhlin 1/31/37 - 11/17/99</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>