I went and am back (came in house for a break) from doing wood. Left Candyce at 1:23 and pulled in the driveway at 2:00. Boomjum, JWLW, Donniebrook was there and of course Candyce and Anna. Whoo Hoo.....
RU in NH - October 11 2008
Here are pics. On the way...what a great day!
Candyce.
Candyce and me.
Candyce's house.
Shickenlady.
Schickenlady brought us all sweaters!
Lisa, Sherrie, John, and Candyce. Please correct any errors!
DonnieBrook.
Robindog and DH chowing down, yum!
DonnieBrook and DH, too.
Lisa and Charlie Brown.
Kassia arrives!
AYankeeCat, Kassia, and Debilu.
Candyce's granddaughter, Morgan.
What a wonderful time we all had! It was a perfect day with gracious hostesses and lots of DG friends/spouses/DBFs/great kids/dogs/puppies/great food/plants/seeds to enjoy! We had a great time!! Wish the rest of you had been able to join us. It was a very nice turnout and Candyce's lovely historic home and yard provided a very comfortable gathering place where everyone relaxed and enjoyed being together!
Here are some of my pictures.......
Ted (nutsfordaylily's dad), Karen (a friend of nutsfordaylily) and herself!
Hi Louise, let's intertwine our pics. It was a fun, fun time. We never stopped talking "garden" to the bitter end! Here's Sofonisba with her birthday cake!! Happy Birthday again!
Kathy - that photo of me and Hank eating looks like we're both about to lose our lunch!! LOL It was actually delicious, but you'd never know it from looking at us! We're both still shedding tears laughing at that one!! LOL
Debilu, DH, Cyndie, and Robindog.
Eating is not a pretty activity I guess!! I noticed that you two were very synchronized. Does that come from living together a while?
Here's another eating one. We sure get serious during garden talk!
This one is Kathy (Boojum) sharing seeds...and I'm a pushover for her peony seeds and Sherrie's morning glories!!
Folks starting to leave-don't do it!! I really loved meeting you all in person. If all goes well with us, I think I'm going to have an RU next summer.
Yes......we have learned to synchronize a similar face when we smell a skunk! LOL
That's all from me. More pics from the skunk people? LOL
our lovely hostesses, Candyce and Anna with sister Ashleigh (Did I spell that right, Candyce???)
John with Charlie Brown......
pretty Kassia!!
Liza (JWLW), Marilyn (Robindog), Memory (Yankee Cat), Kassia, Louise (DonnieBrook)
Candyce with DSIL, Gregg (Anna's husband)...
Wow, great turn out. Sure got your pics up fast enough.
Hank, Daniel, Liza and Memory....
Would everyone please stop getting make-overs and look EXACTLY the same from year to year!? Everybody looks wonderful!
We missed you, Carrie!!
Cyndie, Kathy, Marilyn and Marilyn's DH, Doug.....
Hello Everyone,
I had a great time today meeting you all! Thanks to Candyce for making this happen. You have a great family and you made us feel at home.
I got away with some pretty nice plants, too....hehehe
We are spending the night in Brattleboro Vt and the hotel has wireless. I will post my pics when I get home tomorrow night.
Again, thanks to everyone for the wonderful day, good food, and nice conversation. I look forward to doing it again.
Cyndie
Kathy and the real Boojum (recovering from eye surgery).....
Cyndie - it was great to meet you too....and thank you so much for the beautiful dahlia/tubers. I'll let you know how it does in Fla.! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!
Louise
You, too, Louise. ^_^
Those are all I have. I hope someone got some photos of Karen, her Dad, Ted, and her friend. I don't have any of them.
Candcye and Anna - thank you so much........it was so gracious of you and we all had a great time! (It looks from the photos like I didn't smile once, but no - I had a ball!! LOL
Kathy, Marilyn , Karen and Debilu - so glad to finally meet you and your DHs/DBFs! What a fun group of people!