Sweetly fragrant plant blooms again
Published 11:17 pm Monday, February 25, 2008
Dracaena fragrans strikes again, in a beautiful way.
Lori Tobin, who works for the city of Everett’s Public Works Department, adopted a scraggly, neglected plant in 1991.
It had a few green leaves, so she watered it, year after year, and even transplanted it into bigger pots now and then.
“In July 2006, I was mobilized with the Navy Reserve, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 18, and I left to serve in Iraq,” Tobin says. “I received assurances from co-workers that they would continue to water my plant, and possibly talk to it every now and then.”
Last year it bloomed while she was gone. I’ve written about the stubborn plant blooming at two other Everett locations.
Tobin is back, and the Dracaena fragans showed its pleasure by blooming once again.
“People said, ‘Where is that scent coming from?’ ” Tobin says. “Did someone receive a bouquet of tropical flowers?”
For about a week, Tobin says, she and her plant received plenty of attention.
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Newlyweds who were married last summer — on 7-7-07 — have unique numerical memories.
Tracy Williams, a bartender at Channel Marker in Edmonds, is looking forward to her own numerical speciality. She is expecting her fourth child on 8-8-08.
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Bring stories, not marshmallows.
A storyteller’s circle is planned for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Faces of the Northwest, 300 Admiral Way in Edmonds.
For a reservation, call 425-771-2000.
The theme is “travel.”
“It is free and for adults only as we will serve a little wine,” says owner Mark Ukelson. “There will also be a little time for guests to share their own travel stories if they wish. As we know, there is a great story in each of us.”
At the store, he sells luminarias created from handmade paper.
“We light them for story night,” Ukelson says. “They won’t let me build a bonfire.”
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Fun Fact: Alan Brockway, director of partnerships for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Snohomish County, lived in Israel for three years.
Brockway went to Israel to learn Hebrew, and volunteered in an Israeli armory, fixing M-16s in a noncombat role for six months. He also volunteered on a kibbutz for nine months, taught an English class, gave computer lessons and worked in sales for international shipping.
He speaks only Hebrew to his son, Emet Alan Brockway, who is almost a year and a half old.
“Emet means ‘truth’ in Hebrew,” Brockway said. “But he oft times goes by ‘Pookie.’ “
Columnist Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451 or oharran@heraldnet.com.
