A Strange(but good) Tomato Day

[remy]

I got home from work this evening, and I went to sit down to eat and see that tomato seeds from Yugoslavia(can't remember which new part) are on the table. A gentleman originally from there that works with my husband went back for a visit. My husband asked him to bring back tomatoes for me in the store pkgs. from there. So I got 3 packs of St. Pierre, a French tomato?(if you about this tomato, please give me some info,) in the original pkgs. from there. Ok, that is not that weird. Hold on it does get wierder.
Now I have just picked up these pkgs., and I'm examining the foreign words, and the door bell rings. My husband answers and then he is yelling for me, and I'm annoyed because I just want to look and eat! There is a guy at the door wanting to know where we purchased our new apple tree and how much did it cost.(Our old one died in the local freak October snow storm.) It is grafted with a few antique varieties. My husband doesn't remember the mail order company. I tell him and then he is asking if I have a catalog, so I get up and go look for one, and I finally got to the door.
There are actually 2 men, one about 40, one about 70. The younger man is apologizing for the older man who can't speak much English. The older man is pointing at the apple pictures saying with a thick accent, "Yes, yes." as if to say that he does want a tree like mine. He must of made the younger guy stop. My husband say to the younger man, "Where is he from? Yugoslavia?" To which the older man says one of the new parts of Yugoslavia. Then I say, "I just got tomato seed from there!" The older man says, "tomatoes?". Then the young man says, "Don't get him started on tomatoes." I went back in the house and got a pack of the St. Pierres, and hand it to the older man. He smiled and said the word Paradajz(tomato?) from the pkg. The younger guy says the older man has a huge vegetable garden. I then point telling the older man I have a garden in the back. He looked like a happy little kid, and just starts heading back! So we took a garden tour.
We came back out front and the younger man thanked us and told the older man to give the seed pkg. back to me. I told him no, to keep it. Then they left.
When we got back inside, my husband looks at me and says, "How weird was that? What are the chance of that happening?"
It was incredible odd.
Remy

[domoarimato]

That's what is known as serendipity, and ain't it a beautiful thing? Thanks for sharing that story... It made me smile, because I love that about gardening... It transcends all sorts of boundaries. Thanks again... Happy Gardening 2007-B-ri

[bbjm]

That's crazy. I hope you get to tour his garden some day.

[dice]

Wait until he shows up with the ripe tomatoes.

[lakeshorenc]

Remy, it's moments like that that let us know we have a spirit and a purpose. Theresa

[remy]

Domoarimato,
I think your right gardening does transcend all boundaries I like the word serendipity, and I'm glad I made you smile.

bbjm and Dice,
If he stopped by with tomatoes or asked me to come see his garden that would be great! I still find it funny how the younger guy was sort of embarrassed by him at first. The older man knew a gardener lived here because of all the flowers out front.

Theresa,
That's a beautiful thing to say.
Remy