On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 02:05:58 GMT, Margaret Suran
> wrote:

>Jill, do not toss the wooden spoons yet. My Grandparents on my
>Father's side had a large Silicone Tree orchard just outside of
>Vienna. Those trees produced great spoons and it looked so impressive
>when the spoons were almost ripe and hung down from the trees. )

That was hilarious!

>It's strange, I have not one of them left, but I still have several
>wooden ones, from trees that grew wild near that orchard. They had to
>be carved, they did not just grow on trees. My mother gave them to me;
>she had had them from the time she got married in 1920. I suppose the
>bacteria kept them in such good shape until now. )

I'm so happy that you have things that hold such very special memories
for you.

Huggles, kisslettes, and admiration,
Carol