Great quotes, I surely can agree with the Monica Baldwin one, being a morning person and otherwise, as Einstein says, time is relative.

Oh Gosh. my son exaggerates that he spent 6 months in the industrial parks with his learner's permit before being allowed on the road ~grin ~ but they were deserted on weekends and he could practice parking and had miles of empty roads. His first car was a clunky 10 year old Volvo sedan because we were fairly sure he wouldn't be challenged to race or be tempted to show off. In fact he called it an "old lady's car" because that's what I drove...LOL After a year he got his choice Toyota Landcruiser. Sadly, in that year he had several friends also in their first year driving have accidents, one fatal. The worry never fades...I won't talk to him if he calls me while driving...and I can ALWAYS tell...LOL josh

I went last Friday (passed it twice - third time was the charm). I was a little thrown when someone posted that the prices were "modest" due to my own naivety. I was very surprised to see some of these small pots priced at $20.00, $35.00, $50.00 and $65.00 - but of course those are for those much, much, more savvy than I am! Prices in the catalogue went up to $300.00. I ended buying 8 plants ranging from $5.00 to $8.00 - they do have a quite a few in the lower price range. The plants are really pretty - so delicate looking yet they should be "hardy". The staff was very helpful. The pots are small but 4 out of the 8 I bought spread. They had some other shade plants and few for the sun but I bought only epimediums - probably more of the common variety (the woman told me a couple of these could probably be found in select nursuries): Alpinum Alpinum - 'Shrimp Girl' Rubrum Grandiflorum f. flavescens #4 Pubigeum Youngianum Niveum Youngianum 'John Gallagher' Sasakii They will give you a catalogue (with a very nice picture inset) on arrival so you can look up the plants you are interested in when you are there. I think I bought more than I need because of the distance but it was a very pleasant drive. The epimediums and other plants are on display for purchase, the nursury is in the back so you can see how the plants you are interested look in the ground and a nice perennial garden to stroll through. The whole area is not very large. The phone number is 978-249-3863. I did notice in the catalogue that this is the last year the event will be held in Hubbardston. They'll be in Sharon, CT May 15th: Granby, CT May 22-23rd: Boylston, MA June 5th; West Dover, VT June 25th; Reboth, MA July 17th; PA in August and at Tower Hill Botanical Garden (where ?) on Sept. 11th.

Great quotes, I just printed them out. The trouble is that the people who should read them, don't. They would not even recognize that it would apply to them.