WOW!! Thanks everyone!! And congrats to all the winners!

Thanks so much for voting for a few of my pictures in the Brug and Datura Contest (and the rose contest too). I am so thrilled to have so many winners. There were so many great photos entered, I just loved looking at them all.


Congratulations to all the winners!! So many beautiful photographs! I really think we all are winners to be able to grow so many pretty flowers.


Between my brugs and my roses, I am surrounded by such beauty. I am such a lucky girl! THANKS

http://davesgarden.com/contest/2005/winners.php?catid=106

You have beautiful gardens Kell and you take great pictures! Congrats.

Your Photos are always such a welcome to see Kell. You have such an eye for Beauty and combos.
Congrats on all your winners. Your Brugs and Roses have a Photogenic Fragrant Quality about them.

Congrats Kell
A Big Thanks and Congrats too all who contributed photos. Such Wonderful Gardeners and Photographers we have here..

I've been out to lunch. Didn't even know there was a contest going on. There are always so many beautiful photos on this site. Congratulations to all!

Gosh, I didn't even know about the contest - what an honor Kell, your flowers are show stoppers and your photos are great, congrats!!!

Congrats Kell!!! Your photos and flowers are beautiful. Keep up the good work.

Thanks but I sure wasn't the only winner. So many in so many categories. I had such fun looking at them all.

Kin, you did pretty well yourself and I see your Papasan Chair took first place. How cool is that? Donna (our Rutholive) also won. I got to see her purple front door and loved it!!

Every year Dave's has a photo contest. You all should all enter. It is fun. Last year I was too busy, but this year in the 11th hour I got it together.

Here are all the years. It is fun to look back at all the entries especially in winter. Oh to dream......

http://davesgarden.com/contest/

oh, wow! what fabulous photos! congrats, kell, and to all who won.

i was obviously asleep when this happened!

If you check into Dave's Garden Forum now and then you can see what is up around here.

Where have you been all day, Annapet? I have been knee deep in my rose planning. Why I bother I do not know, for then I go to the rose store and buy every rose that is not on my list. LOL

Thanks, Kell.

Oh, gee, where have I been? Checking all local nurseries after church. Of course they are all closed today. Then I drove around Marin to nose-around flooded areas: San Anselmo, Fairfax...etc.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

BTW, the roses at the Richmond Costco have been picked on before I got there. Sigh.

Really sigh. The ones at the Fremont store had not even been touched Friday. I best make a run tomorrow to another one then.

Great pictures, everyone. Congrats to the winners.

Gosh you two.
Sorry you didn't know about the contest. It started back on Nov. 4th. Wish you would have known. It was sooo much fun looking at gardens and flowers.
Talk about a 2 DO
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I WANT...!!
List now...

Congratulations Kell!

Things here have been so crazy i forgot about the contest. Wish i was nursery hopping instead of watching the waters rise. The good news is, everything in my yard is getting a good looong drink. LOL

Melissa

Melissa, you won too! LOL Your great pumpkin brug! So congratulations to you too!

So you are drowning too? My backyard is a swamp.

kin, i'm always daydreaming, i guess. but now i know where to look. although my plants are all babies still.

oh, yeah. congrats, melissa!

my brugs in pots are all down. keeping them down for there's another storm. the yard is a mess, but i felt better after i've seen san anselmo.

Thanks! I really do need to pay more attention to what is going on. LOL
Currently our backyard is a mud pit, we had standing water in it yesterday evening, but it is soaking in. It just started raining again though and i am lucky enough (really i am) to live about an eight of a mile from the Carson River. This is a pic of the ranch i grew up on this morning. Our property is adjoining, though luckily a few feet higher! If it crests tonight like they are forecasting and we don't get heavy rains for a few days all will be well. If not... it is good to have flood insurance :)

Ok... My brain must have washed away too. Here is the photo.

CONGRATS !!! Kell, Melissa and all of our awesome Brugmaniacs !!! WTG !! I could scroll through those pictures for hours on end !!! Kell, your photos are awesome !! I can just imagine the paradise you live in Kell....ohhh be still my heart :))

Annapet, I am going to my Costco tomorrow. They were closed here today. Are there any specific roses I can look for, for you ? I'm putting a package together for you this week, gf :))

Okay, my BIG question for today is......I need a new camera. I know you all make wonderful pictures, so tell me what you like. I need easy, obviously, lol !! I hope that by late Spring I will have some pretty pictures to share with you :))
God bless you all, you're all totally awesome gardeners and friends! I'm so glad I found Dave's. Margo

Melissa, you are in my prayers. I do pray that the rains and the flooding will not harm you and your family. My love to you, Tori and family.

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Sorry about all the flooding going on. It's been a mess. What a picture Mellisa What a mess. I guess I will not complain about my basement taking in water. Too much rain and it had to go somewhere!!! Just a mess but under control...

Margo, This is the camera I got this year. I really like it and the price has come down quite a bit. I think it takes good pictures. I think you have seen my pics posted and they are taken with this camera.
http://www.pricescan.com/digiphoto/items/item160593.asp
Hope this will give you a jump start on your new camera.
Kin

Margo, I would love to hear if your Costco has different roses than ours here. Is it your bareroot season there? Here we have about another 6 weeks to go then the roses will start actively growing fast.

You might want to check out this thread. it has some camera ideas on it.
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/562934/

Gosh Melissa, that looks terrible. I sure hope the water stays down for you. What a mess.

Congrats Kell!!!

I missed this too.
I just bought a new camera also, I had a Konica Dimage Z1 now same brand but a Z6 hoping to take closer pictures this one was $400 total

Congratulations to all the winners! I need to take time and look at all the winners in each category. There are some great photos. You all did a wonderful job!!!!

I hate to repeat all the congrats, but have to since the congrats are so well deserved to all!
Barbara

I have a Canon PowerShot S1 IS that for the most part i have been very happy with. it has a 10x optical zoom and an additional digital zoom (which i don't think is particularly great) i got it this summer, and still have a lot to learn.

The river crested last night and is back down to the level of the photos i posted. So all is well here in my muddy corner of the world.

Kell - It seems different Costco's carry different items .
The one on A street in Hayward doesn't carry roses [ just cut flowers . ] They carry alfabet [ABC's ] cookies . They have biggest selections of office supplies and big cooking pots .
The one in Fremont had 2 racks of bare root . They carry raw almonds . They also carry Orchids . Gas station -
The one in Livermore has/had more orchids . They carry black forest ham . Gas station
The one in San Matoe had one rack , but a bunch of bare root trees . This one is next to an OSH .
The one in Oakland/San leandro has black forest ham , very few plants , but big bags of snail bait and good apple pies [fresh ] Gas station .

in novato there's no gas station nor rotisserie chicken. what's up with that?

=)

you brug guys amuse me to no end!

Hey Vossner, you need to become one of us!! LOL. You would fit right in. You big bloom lover you!!!

Gosh Tony, are you our resident Costco expert? LOL. So what desire brought you to all of them? I never made it out of the house today. I am so pathetic. Even the lure of roses did not get me to budge. It was stay in bed and watch movies with my big fat cat Gabby. She is such a warm and furry love glob.

Doris, I can't wait to see your new pictures you will take this year. What fun you will have!!

Melissa, I thought of you today. Glad to hear all is better!

And Annapet, you need to MOVE then. LOL. Rotisserie chicken from Costco is a must. LOL

My fat cat!

I love Costco rotisserie chicken!

And, Kell, i think i have your fat cat's fat sister.

Thanks for your concerns, river is down, got 5 inches of snow today, no frogs or locusts so far... Hoping the boils don't come either.

I am afraid to ask what are the boils? Sounds dreadful!!
Lets see a picture of your fatcat, Melissa!

This is Smoochie (named by Tori when she was 4 years old)

Kell, your cat is lighter, but they have similar markings don't you think? You can't quite tell from the picture, but Smoochie has the same round puggish face as your kitty.

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And Jake, Smoochie's friend (most of the time). Jake was found on the side of road. The vet guessed he was about 4 weeks old, at the time he weighted under 1/2 a lb. We had to bottle feed him for a few weeks before he could even eat solids. He eats on his own very well now :)

Wow what beautiful pictures! Congratulations Kell and everyone!

Well, darn it all, my Costco had no roses or bulbs yet. I guess we are too warm for them...i don't know when we'll get them, they didn't know either....sigh :))
God bless ya'll, Margo

Help! Re the photo contest, the entries, and the winners, two different threads - how do you 'watch thread'?????? Thanks, several have asked me and I don't have a clue...

Sherry
How do you watch threads
right under this post you will see
Dave's Garden
The Brugmansias forum
Back to the top of this thread
Watch Thread
just click on the watch thread words and you will be watching the thread
Gordon

Kell, I knew some of your fantastic pics would win, yours and sannanie's make me drool the most! Congrats, Neal.

Thank you Gorden!!! I know how to watch this thread or any other thread on this forum - I could not find a way to watch the contest threads. the winners are shown and the entries are shown, but at the bottom of those threads, I couldn't locate a 'watch thread' option. I'll look again...