The following year, my Mother died and I designated that quadrant of my garden as a memorial to her - planting antique roses and clematis. I bought an 8 foot 4 by 4 timber and put it in the ground, fashioning dowels into side arms that I could train her on.
My father worked the top of the timber to accommodate a kind of finial and we had her trained around and up that timber for many a year.
We will replace her, but I will probably wait until next year to do so. I want to find something that will be a suitable replacement, whether it is another Mme. Hardy or another rose.
Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)