Dear Güler and Faik,

This book is one that all the children about Utku's age really like. I am not sure that you won't get tired of looking for Waldo, but the children never seem to tire of looking at all the tiny figures.

In the back of the book there is a list of other things to look for. It's a happy way to learns some new words in English. I can stand about one of the lists before it me impatient. I hope he enjoys it for awhile, anyhow.

Sally Taylor

February 28, 1990

Sally Taylor, babamın Amerikalı botanikçi dostuydu ve her İstanbul'a geldiğinde evimizde ağırlanırdı. Babam vefat ettikten sonra da kendisi ile ailece görüşmeye, Utku ile yazışmaya devam ettik. İskoç dostlarımız Anne - Adam Thomson ile evimizde tanışmışlar dost olmuşlardı. Sally Edinburgh'a gitti ve her gidişinde Thomson ailesini ziyaretlerde bulundu. 

Sally ile babamın yazışmalarını, bizlere hediyesi kartları, fotoğrafları ve kitaplarını bir dosyada toplayabilirsem, kaleme alacağım. 

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"Sally Taylor Obituary"

"Mystic - Sally Lockett Taylor, noted botanist, of Mystic died at home April 23, 2022, at age 97. She will be deeply missed by her family, friends, and all who knew her wit, deep intelligence, ferocity, and taste for adventure. Sally's extensive travels have criss-crossed the globe with repeated journeys to Turkey and to Antarctica.

The daughter of Cora Blaisdell and Ben Lockett, Sally was born in 1925 in Oakland, Calif., but grew up on an apple orchard in Winterport, Maine. She graduated at 18 with her Bachelor of Arts in Zoology from the University of Maine in Orono and earned her master's degree at the University of Indiana (1945). After graduation, she worked at Pfizer Inc. in Brooklyn until her marriage in 1946 to Dr. Roy J. Taylor, who passed away in 1989. Sally was a Professor of Botany, director of the program in Human Ecology, and managed the Caroline Black Garden at Connecticut College from 1964-1990.

Sally wrote many Arboretum bulletins on woody plants and marine algae; served as editor of two publications for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden; and authored the book, A Traveler's Guide to the Woody Plants of Turkey, based on her research and many trips to that country.

A committed environmentalist, Sally served on the Waterford Conservation Commission, the Southeastern Connecticut Resource and Recycling Association, the boards of the Connecticut Forest and Park Association, the Pequot Woods, and the Waterford Land Trust (formerly West Farms Land Trust). She also served on the Governor's Commission for Connecticut's Future, the State Natural Area Preserve Advisory Committee, and the Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority Advisory Board. She received the Mehlquist Award from the Connecticut Horticulture Society for education, and a similar award from the Soil Conservation Service of New London County. Most recently, while living at StoneRidge in Mystic, Sally led efforts to create the 'Tree Trail' and to beautify the landscape.

She was the devoted mother of three children, Nan Haavik of Norwalk, Roy D. Taylor (†) of Woodridge, Ill., and Sally Brunner of Ridgefield. Her extraordinary memory and indomitable spirit lives on in her eight grandchildren: Alec and Ben Haavik; Emily, Max, Theo, and Lydia Brunner; Roy J. and Amanda Taylor. She is also survived by her bevy of great-grandchildren: Kai, Dessa, Nathaniel, Cora, Mina, Dean, Cecilia, Caroline, Isidora, and Nephelie.

A Memorial Service will be held at 2 p.m. ET Saturday, May 14, 2022, at StoneRidge Auditorium, Mystic. A garden stroll in her honor will take place at 11 a.m. ET Sunday, May 15, 2022, at the Caroline Black Garden, New London. In lieu of flowers, please consider a gift in her memory to the Caroline Black Garden at Connecticut College, New London. Contributions may be mailed to The Connecticut College Arboretum, Connecticut College, Olin Science Center, 270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320-9913.

The burial will be private, in Winterport, Maine, where the Blaisdell family settled in the 1700s, and where Sally Lockett Taylor spent her childhood.

Please visit www.byles.com to sign the online register or to share a memory.

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Published by The Day on May 1, 2022."

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