Happy Birthday Ge1836 Birthday!!!

Donnibrook. I might have missed a post when you made the decission.Its diffacult to down phase but there comes a time when the choice is easy when upkeep is getting harder.

Sounds perfect, Louise!

I am thrilled you are closer!!!

Happy Birthday !

A quick "thank you" to those of you that put in the flower photos, I awakened to snow falling this morning,so they were welcome pictures indeed.

Thanks, guys! It will be very nice to be closer and to simplify life a bit. We are really liking the idea of no maintenance in CT! They even wash your windows and do the digging if you decide to buy shrubs or trees instead of the common ones that are there. Of course I am having fun thinking about a new little garden to plant in the front. Hank just shakes his head and says, " My plan was to have no plants you would have to tend to there!". Oh, silly boy! What care can a few daylilies etc require? Hahahahahahaha! I don't see why I can't have an RU in the garage!?? This is a small Planned Unit Development with lots of beautiful individualized landscaping. Since it is a PUD, you own the land around your unit. There are also great walking paths and a lot of natural forest throughout. Hank knew about it because his childhood best buddy developed it from part of his tobacco farm. He is a 14th generation farmer and he and his wife will retire to their unit in the development at some point. I didn't even know it was there, but I like it a lot, and the neighbors on our little cul de sac are gardeners....and very friendly.

Sounds lovely, charming...and safe !

A farmer whose family has been farming going back 14 generations ?

I'm very impressed. That's real commitment to the soil.

Yes, BA....isn't that amazing? Hank says the farm looks just as it always looked when he was a kid. From our dining room window when the leaves were off the trees, we could see Bill and his son riding by on a tractor a ross the road. He is a very comical guy, and we got a kick out of watching his antics while we had lunch. We weren't there very long, so we are both looking forward to actually being there and settling in when we bring some furniture up from Fla. Instead of dwelling on the pangs about leaving our place and our neighbors down here, we are being forward looking as much as possible. After all, life is all about choices and attitude!

And, much closer to me for a few months!

Yes, indeed! :). Looking forward to that!

I'm sure we'll find someplace to meet.....

No no no! Let's do some home and aways! :).

OK....sounds good to me!

DonnieBrook. what do we now call a three place person, now that you aren't going to really be a snowbird? A Fall-en Snowbird. Where in Ct?

I assume you will be driving north via I91, so we will have to finally meet up. Tower Hill has it's Narcissus show the first week end May 4-5, West Boylston, Massachusetts Seven States Daffodil Society Show at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, West Boylston, MA and the week before is Nantucket and Meriden Ct. shows. I don't show my Narcissus, but I like to go and see some of those $150 EACH bulbs. Look, don't buy types. Last year because of the heat they cancelled almost all the NE shows, so who knows what will be actually happening yet. I especially like the Tower Hill show as the normally have a primula show on the same day with many of the specialty primula growers selling some really choice plants at reasonable prices. Patti

April 27th-28th - Nantucket Island Daffodil Festival attend and join the fun parade, featuring over 100 daffodil bedecked antique cars.

April 27th-28th - 35th Annual Meriden Daffodil Festival in Hubbard Park of Meriden Connecticut.

May 4-5, West Boylston, Massachusetts Seven States Daffodil Society Show at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, West Boylston, MA

Patti, I think the answer to your question is: "NUTS!". LOL

Boy, I would love to go to the show where they have special primula! I LOVE those awesome little beauties! They look so dainty, but are so hearty and bright!
We have a wedding to go to at the Coast Guard Academy that weekend though.

Yes, it is HIGH time we met in person! Surely we must be crossing paths at some point this summer!

Nuts is good. I may have to be your personal shopper. Patti

Ooooooh.....I could really go for that....but if you're like me, you probably won't have a square inch in your car for personal shopper acquisitions. LOL

Primula are small...room for tons. I can take pictures on iphone and send them to you to yeah or nah. Patti

Who could resist that offer?! Wheeeee! I'll have to send you three credit cards then! :)

I never busted the bank as I paid usually $5.00 to $12.00 per plant. People like Susan E. Schnare of Mountain Brook in NH and Wrightman Alpines Nursery from Ont. and Sunny Border in Ct, and Rocky Dale in Vt were there 2 years ago as well as some others, but as it was cancelled last year, I have no idea who might be there to flog there primula if the show happens this year. Panic is out among Narcissus growers about the weather again this year as being so much warmer that the late New England Narcissus shows may get cancelled again if not moved into early April. This is from a post in Daffnet "For people interested in growing, showing, or hybridizing daffodils" which is part of American Daffodil Society. Patti

Since we have hijacked Dear Jo's birthday thread, we probably should be having our chat on the Spending Spree thread, so everyone can add what they are putting on their wish list from all the cool catalogs that are coming in. I'm heading there later today. Sorry Jo! I think You should get one of my primulas for a late birthday present! :)

Whoops, Sorry, but unbirthday greetings to Jo are always a good thing! Heading over to the spending spree Patti