All That We Have Lost by Suzanne Fortin

Author:Suzanne Fortin [Fortin, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781800243774
Published: 2021-10-21T00:00:00+00:00

It was another glorious day in Brittany and Imogen took her cup of tea out into the garden, wandering down to what she guessed was once an orchard. The trees had long since died and only their twisted and gnarled framework remained. She swept her hand down the bark of what would have been an apple tree, thinking how back in the 1940s the fruit would have been healthy supplements to diets during the war. She had an overwhelming sense of time as she stood there, imagining how someone before her during those occupied years might have done the exact same thing with an earlier tree. How they could have stood in the same spot she was right now. She’d like to recreate the orchard, she decided, bringing in new fruit trees – apples, plum and pear would be nice.

She moved on around the garden, picturing in her mind how it might have been in years gone by, how it would have changed as horticultural fashions came and went. Reaching the far corner of the garden, where a large walnut tree stood, Imogen knew straight away this was where she was going to have the pond that James would have so loved. With the surrounding shrubs and bushes, this would make an ideal woodland area around the pond, which would in turn lead on to the wild meadow garden she also wanted and then lead to the hedged privet.

She would have poppies as one of the main flowers, she decided. They symbolised so much and would be especially poignant here as a tribute to those who lost their lives during the occupation. It would also be a living memory of her two lost babies who she would never forget. Maybe she’d find a local artisan who could create three identical poppy sculptures. Nothing big, just modest ones she could stand overlooking the pond and be the link to the wildflower meadow. James most definitely would approve of that.

When she went back indoors, she emailed Denise to tell her about her plans and the memorial garden. She finished the email by saying she hoped Denise could come and visit soon and perhaps help with the pond and wildflower gardens. It was a genuine wish and she hoped it would help Denise as much as it would her.

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