General Discussion & Chat: Best/Worse/What did I learn today..chat with friends!!, 0 by MaryandLance

MaryandLance wrote:
Oh My ! What a Great day !
I just knew I'd know Elf the minute I saw her... with those gorgeous movie star eyes... but she cheated.. she had on big Sunglasses... still I KNEW it was ELF...

Got up at 8:15a... ate the 'free' breakfast, checked out and drove 40 minutes north... found the park... there was a BIG sign that said "DAVES GARDEN"... I pulled in saw Elf...and parked right next to her...
So I met her FIRST and then Goober... Then a Flurry of activity... I'm trying to pull my plants out... Folks are buzzing around... "Can I have this?" etc... Elf is getting me some special plants she has saved for me... People are bringing me plants... Everyone talking at once... Crazy busy !

By about 11am... everyone has given everything away... and we head over to the Chinese Restaurant for lunch...

I tried to call Kris Kris all day... but I really think of her as "Elf" ... so I may just start calling her that... anyway ELF is a HOOT... and Goober is just fantastic... I almost got to take Goober home as a Door Prize...
Luckily Elf wants some banana plants so I will bribe her with those so we get to visit one day soon... and I'd LOVE for Goober to come over and swim....I think she'd love the pool and my back yard....
Elf - get that Goober into some Drama classes... I think she would be absolutely wonderful... Goober sang for our Birthday girl... helped emcee and draw for Door Prizes... Today was just absolutely wonderful.

I left at 1:36pm and made really good time driving home... Got home around 6:30pm.... Hubby got home an hour later..

FUNNY about Hubs... Okay timeline: March = talked to DH about RU... response? "You're not taking any of my Irises"... Last week talked to DH about RU... got him on the Blog to read of what ppl had to trade... response? Hubby digs up all FOUR irises... tells me he wishes he were coming with me... divides up MORE plants (hardy hibiscus etc) and moves all plants into garage so I can load them easier... NOW I'm home.. he is fit to be tied... wants to dive into them and start getting plants settled....he is SO SO Excited ! LOVES the lotus ELF ! wants to know why not to touch it... While I'm on here reading Betty's blog... he is on the other computer looking up the plants I brought back on DG !
FIRST plant to find a home were the horsetails Elf... they are happy in my backyard pond... if they multiply I'll put them in the front too... The purple flower plant? Can I put that in the pond too? Can't remember...

I'll pop back in a bit... OMG... THANK YOU ALL For talking me into going... yes a long long drive but I've had a BLAST and met some very wonderful people... ((HUGS))
Mary
PS : Pic of almost all ... some folks escaped before this pic...