۞Sweet Interruption۞ 38

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/911013/ That's our old room.

Marion----- * Abisgranma *
BJ----------- * BJWilson *
Stacey------ * Fairy1004 *---aka---Niece
Linda K----- * Taters55 *
Deborah---- * Cordeledawg*
Robin-------- * Robynznest *
Kim----------- * Kimarj *
Audrey------- * Doe41*
Judy----------- * Seedtosser1 *
Sis Kathy----- * Jordankittyjo *
Cindy---------- * Purpbutfly *
Trisha---------- * Zhinusmom *
Laura----------- * Zhinu *
Betty------------ * Bettypauze *
Joey------------ * Jojoringer *
Cathy-----------*Catspower*
Tia--------------*Luvs2garden2000*
Phyllis----------*Mibus2*
Debra----------*Fleursdefouquet*
Janice----------*Ladydragon5*
Joyce-----------*JoyceT*
Flam Kim------*Dimmer*
Bonnie----------*Bonjon*
Jaye ------------*Heavenscape*

This is not an exclusive club. All are welcome here. We just like to call ourselves sistahs, with the exception of a juve..

Laid out a nice brunch for y'all. No 'mimosas'.. sorry :D

oHHH yummmy thanks Jaye!!!

I'll see about making up my list of what I got yesterday when the guys start watching football ...DH is in the mood to get things planed so am getting stuff figured out as to where to go and what to put around the rose garden (ugh) that hardest part figure everything out) but yes we did leave wtih brugs yesterday LOL

how come i didn't get an invite to this here room?
to day is my anniversary

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL Your welcome ..wanted to make sure that you felt special even if someone(?)LOL didn't put your name on the last thread ...*giggles*

now am off to get some stuff planted I think LOL

Aww Sis, you never miss a new thread!!!
Well Happy Anniversary to you and Mike and may you have lots more!!!

Morning All,

Happy Anniversary Kathy and Mike!!!!

Waiting for more pix from RU..........................

Just checking in here... been getting all my cuttings in some dirt, and I'm almost done. I've identified almost everything, but there's a few I still have no clue what they are. After everyone passed out what was spoken for yesterday, and others picked up what they wanted of what was left... people just started shoving things at me, and I don't know what all I have... no tags, no labels... it got confusing for a while. But, I'm easily confused sometimes... so, no big deal. Don says just stick it in the ground and see what happens... so, that's what I'll do.
So far, this is what I got yesterday.

Haight Asbury Hybiscus cuttings
White shrimp plants Cuttings
Lady Margaret Pass. cuttings
Maypop Pass rooted
Pink Althea cutting
Lavender Althea cutting
Dbl Pale Pink Althea cuttings
Dbl Purple Althea Cuttings
Sweet Potato Vine rooted
Red bud tree rooted
Lemon Grass rooted
Lemon Eucalyptus rooted
Acacia, but I don't know the name of it.
BRUGS, BRUGS, BRUGS cuttings.
West Texas Mist Flower rooted
Indigo Spires rooted
Pink dwarf canna
orange butterfly bush rooted.
Datura seeds
Lion's Tail seeds (from Phyllis)
other seeds galore... and bulbs
then some things I haven't identified yet... and some I'm sure I forgot to list.

I really made out like a bandit... was going oink oink all day long.

btw... was my plan not to leave there with any brugs... wanted to see how I did with the 4 I already have, since I haven't had a bloom yet... BUT, Maggie and Ken had other plans for me... somehow, someway, they had a way of NOT letting you say no to their generosity... such wonderful people.

OH, AND Phyllis is SOOOOO wonderful too... her house is just beautiful... she's done so much in a year in her landscape... and I love her to death...
BOTH of the DG sistahs I met this weekend are such joys to be with... I've been really blessed to have had the chance to meet them.

I need to downsize the pics I took, then I'll post them... give me some time... ok?

OMG!! BJ, I'd be feeling like a thief raiding a greenhouse, but with the owners posting a sign saying "Take All You Want, Just Enjoy Them"!!!!

So envious you get not only to meet Sis, Joyce, Audrey and Deborah, but now LK and magnanimous Phyllis!! Lord, I'll have to wear heels to hug all their necks!!!

Take your time BJ, we are off getting more boards. BBL!

BJ, girl, please, you have some mighty fine plants there!

Happy Anniversary Kathy and Mike!♥

WOO HOO... HI Deborah !!!!

Happy Anniversary Kathy and Mike... make it a wonderful day...

Don turned the sprinklers on where I'm trying to get some things in the ground... so, I'm taking a longer break...

BTW... I leaned how to take cuttings of some of my plants here, so I'm going to try to have some things to share next time...

I'm still struggling on making cuttings root. Water rooting works on some plants, but it's the sandy loam and misting the cuttings I have a hard time with. Someone suggested I bag the cuttings for a tented greenhouse effect. I think I need to try that for some of mine this time around.

Whoo Hoooo! What a great time to check in! HELLLLLLLOOOOO DEBORAH! WELCOME BACK! MISSED YOU, SISTAH!

Can't catch up with this chatty bunch - doesn't take much to get too far behind. My computer is in the shop and I'm on DH's MacIntosh. Not very good on it so won't be posting much.

CONGRATULATIONS, PHYLLIS! Never a doubt you would get the promotion.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, KATHY!

Jaye, Leisure Arts is based here in Little Rock. Wonder if they have some kind of outlet?????? May need to check into that......

YOU'RE ALL A BUNCH OF QUILT ENABLERS! You should be ashamed of yourself. I didn't get the rag quilt finished before helping DD in the booth yesterday. Lacked getting it clipped and laundered. So I took it with me and worked on clipping while sitting in the booth (tent) which worked well because it drew attention. Lots of women came over to see what I was doing. We raised $85 by raffling it off for $1 per chance. I had a tote I'd made DD to show them what it looks like after it is washed and dried. Now I need to wash it so it can be delivered to the winner. She was very excited when I called her.

It was a long day yesterday - drove 40 minutes to meet DD at 6:30am to set up the tent for her booth at the city's 'Old Time Days' celebration/craft fair on the town square. There was a big crowd and we had a good time. I'll cheat and copy/paste from another post to share what we did.

I spent all day with my daughter 6am-5pm manning a booth to raise $ and awareness for a dog rescue organization she works with. It works closely with her local city Animal Control office to find homes for dogs before they are euthanized and encourages adoption from shelters rather than buying from puppy mills. What an education I got! She has developed relationships with many local politicians trying to get appropriations for Animal Control Services and to help pass animal cruelty law that would make serious cruelty a felony rather than the misdemeanor it is now. (did you know the FBI made the connection between serial killers and animal cruelty back in the '70s?) She also networks with other shelter groups, Humane Societies, and Animal Control offices. They all stopped by to visit and it was interesting. One woman who is the director of the Animal Control Services for the neighboring city with a very high adoption rate went into great detail about euthanization techniques, drugs used, pros/cons, preferred practices, shortcuts some offices use to save money, why every dog cannot be saved, etc. She's amazing - pretty much single handedly educated her community on the importance of adopting and need for funding so that the city passed a sales tax earmarked for Animal Control Services only. That's a miracle in itself!

Any who ... it was interesting to see my child interacting with all the political candidates (this was her city's biggest community fair for the year) and questioning them about funding issues, etc. She's got the city police and county sheriff involved. I'm so proud of her! Forgot - I made a quilt to raffle off for donations to the cause and it was a big success. She raised more money that way than just asking for money. It was a fun day.

Woo Hoo... sounds like everyone had a nice weekend... congrats Debra on having such a wonderful daughter... I know you're proud to have one that gives of herself so much to those helpless critters.

Well, girls... here's some pics I took at the RU

First was a group shot... this is everyone (I think) that attended the ETRU.
Dave is top row (standing) on the left, next to him is Phyllis.

Here's the lunch spread... we all pitched in to have one DGer to bring bbq, then we all brought side dishes... was quite a spread..

Then we all went to Maggies for a free for all... take all you want... plant give away... this is just one path, one tiny section of her gardens... you can get lost in there.

Phyllis looks like she's got her eye on some plant to get a clipping of... she's got the clippers on ready to start snipping...

Maggie visiting with some DG guests... probably instructing them, or talking them into just one more plant.

Linda Kay and her newest friend

Phyllis getting ugly...
LOL

The three amigos at Phyllis's house.

Now, go back up to the group shot, and notice what LK is holding in her arms..

Yeah!! Wooohooo alright!!
Doing the happy dance here. What do you call it Debra? The "stir the pot" dance? Yeah, stirring the pot dance for sistah Deborah! Deliriously intoxicated with happiness that you are here!!

Debra, your DD will make her mark in the animal kingdom, besides being a responsible citizen. More should be like her. Animal welfare is our responsibility. There are a couple of puppy mills here that make me sick. Like one that breeds so called t-cup chihuahuas. Don't people know they're not sanctioned as t-cups are not natural and will only result in those poor babies having more health issues?

BJ, is LK holding her grandbaby? Or is that child one you've both kidnapped??? Lolol!! So, you all get to rub shoulders with our own celebrity Dave?
Lucky gals... yes I've heard of Maggie's generosity from other DGers. She had offered to send me more brugs for the ones that got 'lost'.

Deborah, we've missed you sistah.

Nope.. that's not her g'baby... just one she got to cuddle at the pavillion... she was a real cutie... good baby.

While I was on vacation last week I went to an old German Resturant in a town called Cross Village right on the bluffs of Lake Michigan. Opened in the 1800's they serve authentic German food and have lovely gardens. You get a great view of the Lake from their back gardens here are a few pics of the Fall garden in Northern Michigan.
Theis is their big front garden (my travel buddy in the pic).

This is the side yard at Legs Inn with some ethnic art and more of there large garden acres. The temperature was in the 70's and they wont get hight color for another few weeks. It seems that color is late near the lake and at peak inland.

For those of you who don't get any Fall color where you are I thought I would share. Reds and orange were the colors this year; yellows were not much in evidence.
Lord, I LOVE having four Seasons!!!

Ahhhhh.... seeing those fall colors is so good to this old eyes of mine.
Thank you Janice.

OH MY GAWD... Those colors are soooo beautiful... what a nice garden to go spend a day with a friend... I bet you and your travel buddy had a wonderful day walking among those flowers...
Did you do any "stealing" ... you know, deadheading the seed heads they missed?... LOL... that's what you'd have caught me doing if I were there... I know... just can't take me anywhere....

LOL BJ!!! You got the DG'itis baaaaaad!!!
Since I joined DG, I give plants 3rd glances! Then I always have a ziplock bag in my purse, you know ;) Just in case!!
Once I drove from Louisiana to Indiana in the fall, and I'm amazed at the beautiful colors the earth shown me. God certainly is an amazing landscape artist.

Yep, Jaye... I did a similar drive from Huntsville Ala. to Ashville NC... spent the night, and turned around and went back to Huntsville by a different route the next day... in October... I'm sure glad they put up signs on the side of the road to remind me to "watch the road"... cause it was really really hard to do that.

Big arms waving!!! Hello, I am home, Got here about 3:10 or so. Sooooo tired, but soooo hapy. I had a wonderful week-end. The visit with BJ was perfect. Talk about the hostess with the mostess.BJ, Thank you again from the bottom of my heart for the comfort of your home. Your house and the lake settings make it all so pretty. Wish I had pictures of home, and back yard to ahowe my hubby. Hint hint!

Happy Anniversary Kathy and Mike!!!!

Jaye, anymore Babies yet?

Hey Deborah, nice to see you posting again!

Well, I am so tired it has taken me five minuted to post this, and then go back and correct the mistakes. I hope I caught all of them.

Janice, thanks for the fall colors. I was telling BJ, just yesterday, how I miss them.

I will talk to you all later

LK

Arms waving back at ya LK... so glad you made it home safely... you made really good time... must have had a heavy foot...

There's not a lot of picturesque shots of my yard to take just yet...

I'm so glad you had a nice time... hope you come back soon.

SeeMOM-BJ does it too-She thought I was the only one that "did them a favor by taking all those seeds";)LOL

DEBORAH!!! MY GEORGIA PEACH!!!! OMG!!!! I had a stressful day and was so tense and as soon as I saw you all the tense left me and a great wave of love came over me!!! You have made my year-hearing from you was the best Bday present I ever got!! Thank you for being you:) My # is 616-490-2605-I want you all to have it:) and it is here so tag the page and no one will ever loose it again:) BTW-I don't usually answer #ers I don't know during the week:)((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
I feel so good I think I am gonna go open my pressie!!!

Kathy-CONGRATS!!! BTW-Jaye forgot me over there too:)

I love all the pics-I am all jeaous now:)

I wish all of you could have been there. So much fun! I would have traveld all that distance, with out a round up.


Hey BJ, Maybe the round up, can be scheduled around the visit with you next May???
Phyllis, if your lurking, that is a hint!!!!

LK

Lolol!!!
Dearest niece, you are forgiven for causing us to stretch our neck more to the right with your enthusiasm over Deborah!! I think we all got teary eyed too.
Can't bear the thought of a sistah hurting.
LK, rest that feet now!!

Well where is Deborah now?? Hell GF, so glad to see you post. LK and BJ so glad you two had fun, TY for the pictures it's great to see what everyone looks like.