Much the same here. I started my now defunct nursery with much encouragement and seed from Rod and Rachel and very much enjoyed my correspondence with her. There has not been a day since I first heard of the sad news that I have not thought of them, several times a day. <https://avast.com/sig-email/…> Virus-free. http://www.avast.com/ <https://avast.com/sig-email/…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 10:01 AM, Diana Chapman <rarebulbs@suddenlink.net> wrote: > Like others, I am in a state of shock over this. I am at an age when I am > losing friends and family, and I am comforted when I feel bad by working > with my bulbs. Now when I enter the greenhouses I am reminded of Rachel > everywhere I look. > > I started growing South African bulbs from seed in 1989 and by the early > 90's was ordering seed from Silverhill. Without a computer or the > internet, Rachel and I corresponded by mail, and I still have her > delightful letters. I decided to start a bulb nursery, it was supposed to > be a small hobby type business to keep me busy when I retired from > medicine. Rachel gave me so much encouragement, supporting my decision to > leave the medical profession since she had done something similar, leaving > her prior profession in research to start Silverhill with her husband. I > can't say how important her encouragement and support was back then, so for > about thirty years she has been a constant presence in my life, although I > only met her and Rod once. I can say without hesitation, that without > Rachel and Silverhill, Telos Rare Bulbs would probably never have come > about. I feel as though I have taken them for granted in recent years, > expecting them to always be there. I am devastated by this loss. I can't > begin to imagine what the people close to them are feeling. > > Diana Chapman > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > -- _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…