This past weekend we lost an old friend and neighbor, Mary Mooney. Mary has been a neighbor for a very long time. She was a mother of four daughters, which were as old or a little older than our kids. Her youngest, Lori, was the same age as Mark, our oldest.

She was a flower garden person of no equal. She cherished every flower around. As I have mowed her yard for the last 10 – 12 years I had to be extremely careful of where I mowed and trimmed. She even watered and nurtured the flowers that grew in the cracks of her driveway and patio.

She also had a lemon tree that she used to produce the lemons she used in her lemon pies. Now this tree (or tree”s” I should say – her daughter Lori had a second tree cloned by Oklahoma State) was a annual thing as it had to be moved inside the garage every fall and then back out in the spring. Why move it inside? Well, the roots were in a pot and frozen roots wouldn’t live. But also the tree produced fruit during the garage time. Anyway, Marie and I have eaten a lot of pies that originated from this tree over the many years.

We’ve even had a gate between our place and Mary’s. It makes it a lot easier for Marie to get over to Mary’s on the many trips each day.

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The picture below is one taken last year of Mary and the first lemon tree.

A lovely lady who we will miss.