Thursday, March 24, 2005
Pussy Willow
From the Journal Of Mabel Ribble dated March 28, 1901. ( Keep in mind this was when grass was in the lawn, weed was what came up in between the carrots in the garden, and to be gay was to be happy.) I have typed it as my grandmother had written it.
PUSSY WILLOW
The bark on the Pussy is reddish brown.
The inside bark is pale green.
Inside the green bark is the wood and inside the wood is the heart.
The buds are flat and red at first then they are black and shaped like a niger toe nut.
I find a scare where the stem of the old leaf was.
The Pussy Willow comes out of the top of the door.
My Pussy is white and gray with red spots on.
My pussy is about half way out.
The brown scale is on to keep the Pussy warm.
It is pointed so the rain will run off.
Pussy Willow
Pussy Willow wakened
From her winter’s nap,
For the frolic breezes
On her door did tap.
April 9, 1901
My pussy is full grown now.
They are gray and black.
The scale is almost ready to fall off.
My pussies are all the way out now.
They will soon fall off.
The scale is black.
The scare is yellow.
