When I was about six years old I found a trumpet-shaped white flower with a purple center growing alongside the dirt road that ran next to our home. I picked it and when I sniffed it, the petals collapsed around my nose. I soon realized that the flower would stay on my nose without use of my hands as long as I kept inhaling and since I thought that was hilarious, I kept doing it over and over. Looking around as I stood there at the side of the dirt road, breathing in deeply to keep the flower stuck to my face, I saw hundreds of the same flowers. They were growing on vines that covered the other weeds and bushes; little bright white lights in a sea of green weeds. I picked a few and ran home to show them to my mother.
“It’s Morning Glory,” she said.
“Morning Lorrie?”
“Yes, Morning Glory,” she said.
I was amazed; a flower with my name, a Morning Lorrie! I had never heard of a flower called Lorrie before. Sure, we had geraniums, we had petunias – we even had a few marigolds – but I was the only Lorrie around. I told my mother that I thought that we should plant Morning Lorrie’s in our yard.
“Hmm….I don’t know about that,” she said, most people think Morning Glories are weeds.”
“I think they’re pretty. What Lorrie are they named for?”
“What?”
“What famous Lorrie are they named for?” I asked.
My mother started laughing. “No, not Morning Lorries. Morning Glories.”
“Yeah, that’s what I said, Morning Lorries.”
“No, not Lorries, Glories, with a ga sound.”
“Morning Glories?
“Yes, Morning Glories.”
Fall has come to Pennsylvania and my flower garden is almost spent. But last week my garden surprised me with one last hurrah – some volunteer pink Morning Glories appeared, daring to take on the fall weather. Although I haven’t planted Morning Glories in a few years, those that did grow a few years ago must have dropped some seeds that were still there, just waiting for their turn in the sun. Morning Lorries….they still make me smile and they still stick to my nose like a suction cup when I hold them to my nose and breathe in.
Volunteer Pink Morning Glory Lorrie
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Some of my kid’s favorites
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Mine too. 🙂
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Too cute 🙂 We had morning glory vine on our back fence. It was so invasive we had to take it out. But they are very pretty !
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Yes, the white native ones are invasive here too. But the pink and blue ones that grow from seed are not invasive here; they die off with the first frost.
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This was a blue one. Perhaps a different variety here – this certainly did not die !
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Loved your post. Such a sweet story.
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Thank you so much!
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You tell such great stories! Loved it.
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Thanks Dez! ❤
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Nice post
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Thank you!
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What a splendid memory. I will have to show my grands that trick.
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What a lovely little story, Morning Lorrie!
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Morning Susannah!
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Sweet story this morning Lorrie!
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Thank you!
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Very cute story! I hope you still call them Morning Lorries. It sounds much better.
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You know I do! 🙂
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Such a precious story ! I love morning glories ! My Grandaddy would say when I got up in the morning…’Mornin’ Glor-ee’ …ours grow wild here blue, we think we have a real prize when the white ones bloom ! Unforgettable post !
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Thank you! That’s a precious memory of your grandfather. So sweet!
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😊
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Well I think that’s just precious! I love morning glories. They fall into the category of “wanted weeds” if you ask me. Plenty of weeds I like, and morning glories are delightful! Mine are wandering all over the mailbox and the porch now 🙂
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They’re my favorite “weed”! 🙂
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I think mine might be clover 🙂
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Hi, Lorrie. I keep coming back to reread this one because it’s just so sweet. Would you mind if I featured this in a Blogger Spotlight? I’m fairly sure you’ve seen them on my blog, but just in case you haven’t, here are some samples: https://lageose.wordpress.com/category/blogger-spotlight/ . As you can see, I basically just do a little intro blurb and then re-post the whole thing. Let me know if you are interested or if you would prefer that I not do so. Thanks!
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Hi Brian, it would be an honor! Thank you so much for enjoying this post and for your support, not just through the re-blog but through your on-going readership and comments. Thanks so much!
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Hurray! Okay, looking at what I have in the pipeline, I think your story will fit in nicely this coming Tuesday. Thank you for letting me share (I always ask first, just to be neighborly), and I’m more than happy to highlight your blog. I’m a firm believer that we should all support one another… 🙂
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Thank you for sharing and I couldn’t agree more about supporting each other. I’m still relatively new to this and learning as I go. Thank you!
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I read this on Brian’s blog and had to come over and say, “hi.” What a great story. It’s adorable. I think you can call them Morning Lorries if you want to 😀
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Thank you so much for reading, and yes, I still call them Morning Lorries. 🙂
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Wonderful 🙂
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