And the seed table . . . I somehow forced myself not to take any (I didn't even tempt myself by looking). I have promised myself that this is the year to put my gardens in order before I add one more thing!
Edited to add that from the left are Julie, Sharon, Lynn, Melissa's arm, and Katie (I'm doing this from memory so I may have to edit again if I goofed up!).
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I think Holly needs to take her headgear to school to show her kiddies what she does on the weekend. I'm sure they would be interested.
LOL Jan! I suppose the foil hat could be considered useful for expanding the educational horizons...you know, channeling creativity and knowledge..but what would they go home telling their parents? I'm sure they would all want to try it on. Sadly though, my hat was structurally unsound and is now a sagging mess of foil with silly things hanging off it on little wire loops. Better yet would be to have the whole array of hats for them to test out. Pippi Longstoking braids are popular, as would be crystals wings, propellers, pompons, and all the other fun things the hats were decorated with. Then they could make their own hats. Katye gave me some tips on how to work more effectively with the medium.
I d-mailed my headgear description to Sharon a little while ago, so I'm sure it will be posted with the photo soon to the amusement of those who wish to read it.
OK, got Holly's description and added it to her hat picture. I knew it would take her a while to document it as it had so very much thoughtful detail.
I think there is now a description from everyone????Let me know if I have overlooked anything. Have not had a chance to review the thread for a while as Julie and I are getting readly to wintersow in my kitchen. Sometimes it is nice to be totally independent (but not often.), so forgive me if I am overlooking anything. Will be back when our seeds (some of them very new to us) are safely in their containers.
Thanks so much, Holly. I think it will all come together eventually.
Very creative work, ladies. I'm so impressed!
Those are great photos!
Yes, we did have some 'book learning' at the party, thanks to a little friend called 'the Google'. Latin names were learned by all, and promptly forgotten.
Here is the seed that looks like a fishing fly. Of course, probably some seed ID page will help ID this, but it was a stumper at the party.
Isn't that hypericum with dianthus?
Oh - you mean the little ones at the bottom in the center. Hmmmmm . . . I don't know.
Yes, the little ones. I've seen them in arrangements and wondered about them, as well. As I recall, the stem seemed woody . . .
I'll come up with the name of the filler flower eventually, Melissa - but at the moment it eludes me.
Pixy, Did you ever remember the name of that shrub by your gate that I took the cuttings from?
All the creative descriptions of the foil headgear are just inspiring.
So, what is the 'fishing fly' seed? Do we know or is everyone stumped? It surely is cute.
Pixy, I think you need to post a picture on the Jan 23 Seed swap Mt Bethel, Pa thread over in the mid-atlantic forum to show the headgear contest. We would love to see it. Maybe next time we'll do something like that.
I'm just dashing through - but do you know this seed/pod id site - I just love it:
http://www.theseedsite.co.uk/seedpods.html
geraldton wax flower - one of the leptospermums (part of the tea tree family), and no, not hardy in your area, although others would be. And you are right it is a wonderful plant, I've longed to grow it too.,
Laurie is right about the waxflower. It was one of my favorite fillers when I worked in a florist shop, but it is a tropical. The hardier varieties in my opinion are not nearly as pretty.
It also comes in a variety of pretty colors.
And I can't believe I couldn't come up with Wax Flower at the time (I did during the night!). Julie, I too worked in a florist shop (and had my own floral design business) and loved the Lepto!!!
Murmur, I just had a short stint at a friend's flower shop in downtown Seattle as a second job when I was in college and I loved it. I have always enjoyed floral design, and it was so much fun to play with all of the exotic flowers that you otherwise don't get to fondle. I envy you actually getting the chance to do it for a true living, although just like everything else that involves working with the retail public, I am sure it had it's negatives as well.
Julie, working with brides was the most challenging!! And I actually didn't make a real living at it when I had my own business (just worked out of my home and occasionally worked at a lovely little shop in West Seattle where I lived at the time), but did love it. Now I only do altar arrangements once a month for my church which is just right - occasionally table arrangements for an dinner or something, but I just don't give myself the kind of stress that comes with doing a big event.
Laurie, that is a wonderful site. I just bookmarked it. Thank you!
murmur, your group picture is so much better than mine. Could I talk you into sending it to me via e-mail? Thanks for adding a few pictures, we love to see them.
Looks like a good time was had by all. Lovely hats.
Sure am sorry to have missed this swap. What is the next event? So that I can be sure to schedule an out-of-town visit.
I just love the group hat photos - And hello Murmur, it is so nice to see you back.
Gwen, the straw is fab, my fantasy is that it blows bubbles out of the top of the hat! Please say it does! Cute cute cute - but after long consideration I have to give stamp approved to Holly's creation - just so so good. A close race. AND and - Lynn, glad you enjoyed the seed/pod id site, I just gaze in wonder some days! Fab resource.
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Laurie, You must not have read the description! LOL Here it is:
The solar powered (centrally-located cellophane solar panel) TV cap is perfect for both earthly and other-worldly TV viewing.
During dark periods (certain lunar, black hole, and PNW locations, there is a lavender back-up windmill which does an excellent job of harnessing the wind to power your TV cap.
Snack and drink dispensers (including a special dispenser for holiday snacks) assure one will have their favorite snacks and beverage close at hand. Merely press on a snack, and out it pops! Water? Beer? Wine? We gotcha covered! Press on your beverage of choice and it will be dispensed through the flexible straw.
A copper antenna assures reception at all locations, no matter the galaxy. Decorative as well as functional headlights provide light should you need to consult your intergalactic TV Guide.
Last, but not least, a fabulous fuchsia bow provides the perfect fashion statement for your trendy TV top hat!
So you see, it is to dispense beverages, which I feel is just slightly more important when tv viewing than dispensing bubbles would be!
Hey guys, looks like I missed the whole minute to minute of your event. I so enjoyed the functional aspects of your foil. (Quite the belly laugh!). I have been off the cellular map in Hoonah AK. Good to see I will get some seeds anyway. Thank you for the collection. I may not plant veggies this year and put it into seeds for added effect at the rendezvous.
Then it was all worth it, to don funny hats and pose while the cameras flashed, so our friends could be happy and have a good chuckle! I really needed the chance to be less serious and just have a good time while eating great food.
Then there was the wonder of wandering around Pixy's garden, fabulous in all seasons and with so many little plants just sprouting up again from the soil. I plan to get a picture of my beautiful door prize when I find where the camera has been stashed after the holidays.
Thanks for that great seed site, Laurie. I've never seen anything quite like that before, and it is sure to be useful.
Laurie, I too plan on utilizing that excellent seed site - many thanks for sharing!
I'll go to the east coast site and post a photo of the foil headgear. I was so impressed with the creative explanations, time and energy put into these. As a hostess, I only wish I had thought to have prizes for all of the contestants! Also I wish I had a photo of Gwen walking through the door wearing her hat, sucking on the straw. Priceless!!
Seed ID: Protea aristata It's a hard one, for sure.
The hardy leptospermums are bound to be not as pretty, but I'll bet Heidi will have a nice one anyway. I'm finished with zone denial on shrubs. I can't predict what zone I'm in anymore, so I'm going to shoot for zone 7 and hope for the best.
Thanks for posting on the other thread the picture of the headgear. Hopefully, some will jump over and check out this thread. I love the 'community' feel of DG.
It looks like a great time was had by all.............such clever hats AND seeds!
looks like this party was a huge success.
I love the hat idea.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful time with the rest of us on DG.
Janet
I'm impressed with the creativity this bunch shows . . .
I am seriously considering wearing my hat to school tomorrow, since we will be having "crazy hat day". I am also really needing some telepathic help from my friends to get through the day. I had a series of phone calls from parents this evening regarding some festering playground issues that I was unaware of, and which have become an ugly mess of escalating unkindnesses on all sides. None of the kids wanted to tell any adults about it for fear of getting in trouble for their part in the problem. Aaagggghhhhh!!
Go for it, Holly. I'm sure the kids will love it.
AAHHH the festering problems of playground issues!!! So sorry about that. Here's what I did when I was in 8th grade with a 'festering' problem boy who was bothering us girls. He was throwing stones and hit me. He was the tallest kid in class, but I was right behind him in that department. I took off after him, caught him and knocked him down and proceeded to pummel him. Needless to say, he didn't throw stones our way again. That's my story and I'm sticking to it, but if you ask me about it I will deny everything. ^_^ I don't recommend you do that though.
How about doing a team building exercise with those kids rather than having a "talk". That way, nobody is really blamed, but they can learn to depend on eachother rather than see eachother as adversaries.
It could be as simple as relay races on the playground, where they need to depend on eachother. And then the teams could switch up several times to make sure that there are no "particular" bonds formed.
I was emotionally bullied quite a bit (as girls do), but I really think in retrospect that those girls just needed an opportunity to see how good cooperation feels.
