North Texas Round-Up, The People and Plants.

Well Guys, I apologize for being a little late in posting, I had to sort through 70 pictures.
What a wonderful time we had!! The weather was perfect, the place was just right, and the people were the best.
The food was good too, Wow! we had all kinds of choices of side dishes, and the desserts!! oh my!! a sweet lovers dream.

We had a most wonderful time, although I imagine most of us ended up exhausted.
I haven't taken care of my plants yet either, tomorrow will be another day of fun.

I will start with our leader, Dave. He is holding the lovely decorated stone that Linda, Mamajack's sister painted for him.

Oh, my gosh! Is that the THANG? I didn't see it today. That's just gorgeous!

Here is Richard, Collincountytx, arriving with his adorable daughter.
He worked so hard cooking for us, we owe him big time, by the way, you left one of your barbecue tools here, will save it for you.
Thank you so much Richard.

And here is Sheila-FW arriving with her plants, she had a van full.
She made the name tags with Debs assistance and ran the door prize raffle, which was no small feat, since we had so many prizes, we had many more than we needed but it was a lot of fun.

Sure glad I got to see it .... I was thinking it was something for Halloween! lol I have a lot of bricks and pavers ... I wonder if I could do that? That is so cool!

Thanks so much Josephine and all who made it possible! It was so much fun!

Trois and Barbara arriving, they came all the way from Santa Fe Texas.
That is close to Galveston, so a long long way, amazing how far DG members will go to be with their friends. We met Trois and his wife 3 years ago at Texoma, that was my first swap, and I was hooked.

So Collin County is a guy ... and that was your little girl with the great big eyes? I wanted to take a picture of those eyes before I left ... she is precious and soo friendly. Anyway CC I wanted to give you Hosta ... I wanted to give everyone in this area a Hosta ... I want to see everyone in this area with a Hosta!

And here is Melvatoo, I had heard so many good things about her from a lot of people, and it was great to finally meet her. She is a most generous lady and brought many plants for everyone. She also gave a demonstration on how to pot and root roses.

Here is T.j. Broncbuster, What a cheerful and enthusiastic gardener he is!
And to top it off he loves native plants. I think I just met another native plant friend. He brought his lovely wife, daughter and baby son. He also brought manure, mulch, and compost tea for those who wanted it.

Troy, Page and another nice lady I met. :

This is little old me, Josephine, Frostweed, with the prize I won, a lovely colored and beaded mobile, thank you to whoever brought it.

TJ Bronco.... take good care of that book ... it had a very special meaning.:) It was so nice to meet you, your smile is contagious.

My friend Mitch here ... his raking it in as usual smile LOL you go boy!

Linda (Smockette) and her sweet mom

And here is Siggy, he came mainly to see everybody, and that is great.

Here is Kim, Blue-eyes, isn't she adorable? she brought her parents with her.

Four people we cant do with out ... Josephine, Dave, Maggie and Frank!

It is so much fun to put faces with names. I thought the location was great too.

Here is Pat, Patrob, she is a splendid lady, came with her husband from Goldthwaite,Texas, I met her 2 years ago and she has been a lovely friend.

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Siggy where were you? I wanted to give you a Hosta! :)

And Jackie, DebnessDFW's daughter with her prize, Isin't she lovely?

Our dear Maggiemoo, Mary, What a lovely lady she is, I met her two years ago and she has been an inspiration. She has been very busy with her precious granddaughter lately and has not been as active on DG as she used to be, but she came all the way from Houston.

This is 1-Lucky-Texan, He and his wife attended an RU for the first time, I believe they live in Arlington, we hope to see them again soon.

Siggy, I missed you too! In fact, I didn't think you were there and gave your toad lilies away. :( Should I put you on the list for spring trades?

Sorry guys, I will have to continue tomorrow, I am very tired, and I have a lot of pictures to go.
By the way my expenses were $187.00, and I collected $225.00 so I have a surplus of $38.00 dollars.
Please let me know what I should do with it. Maybe you guys can come up with some ideas.
Your friend;
Josephine.

Josephine, I think you should keep it. You might have tallied it up at $187, but there's all your time, and gasoline, and then the time you were out of pocket before you got reimbursed. It adds up.

I am glad you had a surplus, though. So often events like this come up short. WTG DG!

Here are Sylvia & Patricia.

Stunning!! Love them all!!

It was a great time - just a really really great time!

I want to do that again!! You folks are the greatest! I just wish we had more time, so I could have sat and talked with everyone. I'm so looking forward to the next one!! When's the next one?

I am getting to know a lot of good folk.
It gets better as time goes on. Thank you Mitch, Frostweed and Sheila-FW for all the effort you have made to make it happen.

It was such a great day! My first time at this roundup and I had such a wonderful time meeting everyone. My parents enjoyed themselves as well. Thanks everyone!

Debnes found this blue eyed beauty on some of the plants for swap. We both took a few pictures of it.

trois

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Trois, that is my friend! He was riding around on my arm!

We left it there for you. All we took was pictures. LOL

trois

Large group.

You know what, that park was just perfect, too!

Thank you for the group pictures, didn't get to take any of the group myself, although I have still about 60 to post, I will have to do it as I am able, I was so very tired yesterday, but very happy and excited.
Josephine.

Another picture of our hero, Richard, Collincountytx, with his prize.

Here is Troi's lovely wife Barbara, with her prize, a lovely handmade glass ornament.

Ans our very own Smockette,with her prize, Trois and Blue-yes in the background. Smokette is a sweetheart and has been very kind and helpful to a lot of people on DG.