ARS 2010 SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER ROSE SHOW WINNERS By Ronald Schwerdt 10-30-2010 On June 29, 2010, ARS President announced that ARS Rose Exhibitors Forum publication, will be renamed "Exhibitors Quarterly", but no longer contain local ARS Rose show results. As an educational tool, decided to post local rose shows winners, along with arrangement winners when available. Data is derived from ARS sources, not necessarily ARS publications. E-mail rose arrangement winners to: Rgschwerdt@aol.com. TUALATIN VALLEY ROSE SOCIETY BEAVERTON, OR 9-11-2010 Queen of Show-- Grande Amore--Lee, Lon & Riggs, Don King of Show---Impulse-- Lee, Lon & Riggs, Don Princess of Show---Tineke-- Lee, Lon & Riggs, Don Fl Queen---Lavaglut-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn Polyantha Spray--The Fairy--- Parke, Richard & Janis Climber---Fourth of July--McClain, Gary & Cheryl Shrub---Cherries �n� Cream-- Allen, Karen & Merril Austin Shrub--Gertrude Jekyll--Baker, Barbara Mini Queen---X-Rated-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini King---Baby Boomer-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn Mini Princess---Daddy Frank--Garrison, Stan & Carolyn (M/F?) Mini Spray---Marriotta--Allen, Karen & Merril Mini Fl Queen---Shameless-- Lee, Lon & Riggs, Don ************************************************ PITTSBURG ROSE SOCIETY PITTSBURG, PA 9-11-2010 Queen of Show--Dublin--Oberlander, Dick King of Show---Veteran�s Honor-- Oberlander, Dick Princess of Show---Uncle Joe-- Oberlander, Dick Prince--Gemini--Bishop, Art & Bonnie Court---Moonstone-- Oberlander, Dick Court--Elina--Papale, Georgia Court---Monika--Gipperich, Christina Court---Elle-- Bishop, Art & Bonnie Court---Trojan Victory-- Oberlander, Dick Court---Sweetness-- Bishop, Art & Bonnie Court---Tahitian Sunset-- Bishop, Art & Bonnie Fl Bloom-Monkey Business--Degenhardt, Fr. Gervase Fl Queen--Permanent Wave--- Oberlander, Dick Modern Shrub---Tamora-- Gipperich, Christina Mini Queen---Edisto--McKibben, David & Cil (M/F?) Mini King--Linville-- Oberlander, Dick Mini Princess---Glowing Amber--Howles, Dolores Mini Prince--Liberty Bell-- Degenhardt, Fr. Gervase (M/F?) Mini Spray---Jean Kenneally-- Papale, Georgia ************************************* BUCKEYE DISTRICT ROSE SHOW COLUMBUS, OH 9-11-2010 ROSE ARRAGEMENT AWARDS: "The Columbus Park of Roses"--Elton Smith "Field of Corn"--Elton Smith--ARS Royalty "Franklin Park Conservatory"--Elton Smith The Greater Columbus Conv. Ctr--Gary, C. Barlow "Red White and Boom"--Gary C. Barlow--Artist�s, Bronze Certificate "Highbanks Metro Park"--Lew, Shupe, Silver Certificate "Columbus Museum of Art--Lew Shupe--ARS Oriental Award "The Ohio Theatre"--Elton Smith--ARS Mini Royalty Award "Chief Leathetlips Monument"--Ann Smith, Mini Gold Certificate- "Center of Science and Industry"--Ann Smith--ARS Mini Artist�s Award "Olentangy Indian Caverns"--Ann Smith--Mini Silver Certificate-- Ann Smith "Inniswood Metro Garden"--Ann Smith-- Mini Oriental, Mini Bronze Certificate "Dublin Irish Festival"--Elton Smith--ARS Princess Award "Ohio Statehouse"--Gary C. Barlow--Duchess, Gold Certificate "City Lights"--Gary C. Barlow--ARS Duke Award "German Village"--Ann Smith--ARS Court of Etiquette Award "Italian Village"--Ann Smith--ARS Mini Court of Etiquette Award Ohio: The Buckeye State--Gary C. Barlow ****************************************************** LOUISVILLE ROSE SOCIETY LOUISVILLE, KY 9-18-2010 ARRANGEMENT AWARDS "Everything�s Coming Up Roses" "Red, Hot, and Blue�--Ann Jacobs--Royalty, Bronze Certificate "Anything Goes"--Donna Tarrant--Artist, Gold Certificate "Stars in Your Eyes""--Mary Hext--Oriental, Silver Certificate "Strike Me Pink"--Paula Williams--Mini Royalty Award "Take a Chance"--Mary Hext--Mini Artist-Silver Certificate "Summer Garden"--Mary Lindle--Mini Oriental, Bronze Certificate "Curtains Up"--Charlene Head--Court of Etiquette, Gold Certificate "That Old Feeling"--Paula Williams--Mini Keepsake "Thanks for the Memories"--Charlene Head--Large Keepsake ************************************************* LANCASTER ROSE SOCIETY LANCASTER, PA 9-18-2010 ARRANGEMENT AWARDS: "Roses in Quilt Country" "Winding Walk"--Nancy Redington--Royalty, Gold Certificate John Siganaino trophy Florance McNeil trophy Benjamin Williams� trophy "Peaceful Hours"--Jane Singer--Oriental Award Tangled Lines"--Curtis Shipman--Artist, Silver Certificate " "Odds & Ends--Nancy Redington--Duke Award "Lost and Found"--Patricia Bilson--Duchess, Bronze Certificate "Flower Fields"--Patricia Bilson--Mini Royalty Award "Twist and Turns"--Gustav Banks--Bronze Certificate "Shadows"--Nancy Redington--ARS Mini Gold Certificate Rose Schartzkopt Trophy "Memory"--Gustav Banks--Mini Oriental, Silver Certificate "Treasure Box"--Jim Redington--Mini Keepsake "Ladies� Wreath"--Nancy Redington--ARS Rosecraft PHOTOGRAPHY: One Bloom--Andrew Hearne Rose Spray--Tom Mayhew Open Bloom--Julie Saurbaugh Mini/Min Fl Bloom-- Tom Mayhew Mini/ Min Fl Spray-- Tom Mayhew Rose Garden or Activity-- Bill Kozemchak Abstract or Impressionism--Bill Kozemchak Rose Arrangement-- Tom Mayhew ********************************************** PITTSBURG ROSE SOCIETY PITTSBURG, PA 9-11-2010 Queen of Show--Dublin--Oberlander, Dick King of Show---Veteran�s Honor-- Oberlander, Dick Princess of Show--Uncle Joe-- Oberlander, Dick Court--Gemini-- Bishop, Art & Bonnie Best Open Bloom--Queen Elizabeth--Aumiller, Nancy Fl Single--Monkey Business--Degenhardt, Fr Gervase--(Double?) Fl Queen---Permanent Wave-- Oberlander, Dick Best All Types--Tamora--Gipperich, Christina Mini Queen---Edisto--McKibben, David & Cil (M/F?) Mini King---Linville--Oberlander, Dick Mini Princess---Glowing Amber--Howley, Dolores Ht Rose in a Frame-- Moonstone-- Degenhardt, Fr Gervase LG Rose in a Bowl--Moonstone-- Degenhardt, Fr Gervase Mini Rose in a Frame--Butter Cream-- Consigliero, John (M /F?) Mini Rose in a Bowl---Hot Tamale--Papale, Georgie Mini Spray---Jean Kenneally--Papale, Georgie Most Fragrant--Chrysler imperial--Bishop, Art & Bonnie Mini/Min Fl Open Bloom--Autumn Splendor--Dotterway, K. Best White--Moonstone-- Oberlander, Dick Best Yellow--Elina-- Bishop, Art & Bonnie (ly?) Best Orange--Monika-- Gipperich, Christina (ob?) Best Pink--Elle-- Bishop, Art & Bonnie (pb?) Best Red--Trojan Victory-- Oberlander, Dick (dr?) Best Mauve--Sweetness-- Bishop, Art & Bonnie Best Apricot--Tahitian Sunset-- Bishop, Art & Bonnie (ab?) 6 Specimens--Consigliero, John Mini Cycle of bloom--Peach Delight-- McKibben, David & Cil Mini English Box--Linville-- Howley, Dolores Artist Challenge-- Howley, Dolores Small Sweepstakes-- Howley, Dolores Large Sweepstakes-- Degenhardt, Fr Gervase HT/Gr Judges Award--Mike Wrightstone Mini/Min Fl Judges Award--Donna Smith ************************************************ LODI-WOODBRIDGE ROSE SOCIETY LODI-CA 9-18-2020 Queen of Show--Jennirene--Sievers, Maryanne King of Show---Looking Good-- Sievers, Maryanne Princess of Show---Gemini--Devencenzi, Rita Fl Bloom--Summer Fashion--Sievers, Gigi Fl Bloom--Honey Bouquet--Young, Traci Fl Queen---First Kiss--Laughlin, Paula Polyantha Spray---Lady Reading-- Sievers, Gigi Dowager Queen---Mme Boll-- Sievers, Gigi Victorian Award---Francis Dubreuil-- Sievers, Maryanne Climber---The Impressionist--Ackerman, Eleanor Classic Shrub---Bouquet Parfait-- Sievers, Gigi Mini Queen---Bee�s Knees-- Sievers, Maryanne Mini King---Sam Trivitt-- Sievers, Maryanne Mini Princess---Heather Sproul-- Sievers, Maryanne Mini Spray-- Heather Sproul-- Ferraro, Jen Mini Fl Queen---First Choice-- Sievers, Gigi Mini Fl King---My Inspiration-- Sievers, Maryanne Mini Fl Princess---Whirlaway-- Sievers, Maryanne *************************************** PORTLAND ROSE SOCIETY PORTLAND, OR 9-19-2010 Queen of Show--Signature--Cavanaugh, James & Nancy King of Show---Pop Warner--Parke, Richard & Janis Princess of Show---Helen Naude-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Court---Signature--Finch, Carl &Carolyn (same Variety as Queen?) Vase of 3 HT--Signature-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Open Bloom--Melody Perfume-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn HT/Gr Spray--Snitzler, Margaret 5 HT One Variety--Fame-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy 5 Mixed-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy HT Cycle of Bloom--Aromatherapy--Curtis, Dave & Eilene 3 One Color Class-- Parke, Richard & Janis HT Colorama Challenge--Riggs, D. & Lee, L. Portland Gold Medal-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Large English Box--, Parke, Richard & Janis Large Rose in a Bowl-- Signature-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn Rose Portrait-- Signature--Garrison, Stan & Gladys Fl Queen---Lavaglut--Baer, Richard & Charold Fl King---Gene Boerner--Snitzler, Margaret 3 Fl Sprays--Lavaglut--Parke, Richard & Janis Fl Competition-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn OGR--Rose de Rescht (1880) -- Finch, C. & C. (OGR-Prior to 1867?) Rose Hips--R. rugosa alba--Wolford, Annegret Polyantha Spray---The Fairy-- Parke, Richard & Janis Victorian Award---Rose de Rescht-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn Climber---Candy Land-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn Shrub--Stretch Johnson-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn Austin Shrub--Leonard Dudley Braithwaite--Finch, C. & C. Mini Queen---Erin Alonso-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini King---Miss Flippins-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini Princess---Sam Trivitt-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini Spray---Dancing Flame-- Finch, Carl &Carolyn Mini single-Neon Cowboy--Burge, Judy Mini Competition-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini Cycle of Bloom--Jean Kenneally--Minten, Bernie &Mary Mini Rose Box-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini Fully Open--Captivation-- Baer, Richard & Charold Mini Colorama-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Floating Mini--Abby�s Angel-- Riggs, D. & Lee, L. (M/F?) 5 Mini�s--Miss Flippins--Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini Bowl-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini Rose Portrait--Seattle Sunrise--Finch, Carl &C. (M/F?) Mini Rose Palette-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy 3 Mini�s--Kristin-- Parke, Richard & Janis Mini Fl Queen---Butter Cream--Allen, Karen & Merril 3 Mini Fl--Peter Cottontail--Allen, Karen & Merrill Novice Fl or Cl--Ludwigshafen am Rhein--Jayne, Mary Ann Novice HT--Artistry--Gallucci, Pete Novice Open Bloom-Dream Comes True--Friar, Tom Novice Mini--Happy Thoughts-- Gallucci, Pete Junior Best Mini--Irresistible--Metz, Molly ROSE ARRAGEMENT AWARDS: Olympiad--Hervie, Molly--Oriental Design Lavaglut--Finch, Carolyn-- Modern Creative Design Julia Child--Fleck, Judy-- Traditional Design Fleck, Judy Modern Traditional Design Ruby Pendant--Fleck, Judy--Mini Oriental Design Pierrine--Fleck, Judy--Mini Modern Creative Design ***************************************** COLONIAL DISTRICT ROSE SHOW VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 9-25-2010 Queen of Show--Gemini--Smith, John & Cherlynn King of Show---Affirm-- Smith, John & Cherlynn Princess of Show---Dublin--Smith, John & Cherlynn Court---Randy Scott- Smith, John & Cherlynn Court--Moonstone-- Smith, John & Cherlynn Fl Bloom--Sheila�s Perfume--Jones, Howard & Sara Fl Bloom, Single--Betty Boop--Grass, Lynda & Steven Fl Queen---Lavaglut--Price, Mike & Eve Polyantha Spray---Snow White--Rankin, Gary & Monica Dowager Queen---Souv de la Malmaison--Rankin, G. & M. Victorian Award---Precious Dream-- Monroe, M / M Bruce Classic Shrub---Pink Grootendorst--Monroe, M / M Bruce Modern Shrub---Fair Bianca--Klassy, Diana Mini Queen---Joy-- Rankin, Gary & Monica Mini King---Renegade-- Rankin, Gary & Monica Mini Princess---Mobile Jubilee-- Rankin, Gary & Monica Mini Court---Breath of Spring--Hearne, Andrew Mini Spray---Soroptimist International--Grass, Lynda & Steven Mini Fl Queen---Shawn Sease-- Rankin, Gary & Monica Mini Fl King---Shameless-- Rankin, Gary & Monica Mini Fl Princess---Butter Cream--Smith, John & Cherlynn Mini Fl Court--Abby�s Angel-- Rankin, Gary & Monica DISTRICT CHALLENGE CLASSES: J. Horace McFarland Memorial Trophy-- Smith, John & Cherlynn J. Benjamin Williams Miniflora Trophy--Howard & Sara Jones, Colonial District Members Trophy--Smith, John & Cherlynn Charlie Bell Hi-Lo Memorial Trophy--Smith, John & Cherlynn L.L. Lilly Memorial Trophy--Peggy Scott Ralph S. Moore District Trophy-- Rankin, Gary & Monica Denver Ray Memorial Trophy-- Smith, John & Cherlynn Wheeler McFadden, Jr Memorial Trophy-- Smith, John & Cherlynn Griffith Buck District Trophy--Annie Fleming **************************************** TENARKY DISTRICT ROSE SHOW MEMPHIS TN 9- 25-2010 Queen of Show--Pop Warner--Manderson, Tammy King of Show---Veteran�s Honor--Bingham, Peggy Princess of Show---Moonstone--Manderson, Tammy Court---Artic Circle--Toevs, Frank & Jeanne Court--Louise Estes-- Toevs, Frank & Jeanne Court--Cajun Sunrise-- Deck, Joanna Court---Raphaela-- Toevs, Frank & Jeanne Court---Pope John Paul II--Glover, Laverne Court--- Gemini--Jacobs, Robert Fl Bloom--Trumpeter-- Bingham, Peggy Fl Queen---Playgirl-- Deck, Joanna Dowager Queen---Eugene de Beauharnais--Wear, Don & Terry Victorian Award---Rose de Rescht-- Wear, Don & Terry Climber---Berries �n� Cream--Wear, Don & Terry Shrub---Gardendirektor Otto Linne-- Glover, Laverne Mini Queen---Best of �04-- Glover, Laverne Mini King---Fairhope-- Manderson, Tammy Mini Princess---Bee�s Knees--Baird, Larry & Connie Mini Court---Soroptimist International-- Bingham, Peggy Mini Court---Nancy Jean-- Baird, Larry & Connie Mini Court---Odessa-- Bingham, Peggy Mini Court---Breath of Spring-- Deck, Joanna Mini Court---Arcanum--Jacobs, Robert Mini Spray---Incognito-- Bingham, Peggy Mini Fl Queen---Whirlaway-- Bingham, Peggy Mini Fl King---Dr Troy Garret-- Bingham, Peggy Mini Fl Princess---Lady, E�owyn-- Deck, Joanna Mini Fl Court--Memphis King-- Glover, Laverne Mini Fl Court--Ashton--Wear, Don & Terry Mini Fl Court--First Choice-- Bingham, Peggy Mini Fl Court--Butter Cream-- Bingham, Peggy Mini Fl Court--Brand New Girlfriend-- Deck, Joanna Mini Fl Spray--Foolish Pleasure--Rogers, John & Ray ARS National Rosedale Bowl--Deck, Joanna DISTRICT CHALLENGE CLASSES: J. Horace McFarland Memorial Trophy--Bates, Michael & Mary Ralph Moore District Trophy-- Deck, Joanna Mack & Maybeth Blackburn Award--Peggy Bingham Roy & Florance Graff Award--- Bates, Michael & Mary Robert & Glenda Whitaker Award--Frank & Jeanie Toevs Charles Dawson Memorial Award--Larry & Connie Baird Lester Smith Award---Bates, Michael & Mary Whit Wells Award--Joanna Deck Dr. H. R. Rumble Memorial Award--Peggy Bingham ROSE ARRAGEMENT AWARDS: Traditional--"Yellow Herons"--Ray Hunter--Royalty & Gold Modern--"The Chandelier"--Ray Hunter--Artist� & Silver "Saffron Tower"--Connie Baird--Bronze Medal Oriental--"Niijima Floaats"--Lori Emery--Oriental Award Special Classes--"Sunset Boat--Mary Ann Hext--Princess Rosette "The Moon"--Denise Thorne--Duke Rosette "Blankets in Black"--Lois Sloan-Best Novice "Blue Marlins"--Mayre Parr--Best Judges Mini Modern--�Walla Walla"--Denise Thorne--Artist�s & Silver Medal Mini Oriental--"Amber Cattails"--Connie Baird--Oriental & Gold Medal ***************************************** ALBANY ROSE SOCIETY ALBANY, OR 9-25-2010 Queen of Show--Signature--Cavanaugh, James & Nancy King of Show--Veteran�s Honor-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Princess of Show--Let Freedom Ring-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Fl Bloom--Daybreaker--Parke, Richard & Janis Fl Spray---Single--Eyepaint--McClain, Cheryl & Gary Fl Spray, Double--Rainbow Sorbert-- Parke, Richard & Janis Dowager Queen---Rosa rugosa--Wolford, James Shrub, Small--Graham Thomas--Finch, Carl & Carolyn Shrub, Large--Alba Meidiland--Castle, Emery & Betty Climber---Fourth of July- McClain, Cheryl & Gary Mini Queen---Giggles-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini King---Nancy Jean-- Cavanaugh, James & Nancy Mini Princess---This is the Day--Sitton, John Mini Spray---Dancing Flame--Smith, Dennis Mini Fl Queen---Butter Cream--Baer, Charold & Richard ************************************** CLEVELAND LINCOLN SELBY, NC 9-25-2010 Queen of Show--Here�s Sam--Whitt, Doug King of Show---Touch of Class--Wright, Fred & Barbara Princess of Show--Randy Scott-- Wright, Fred & Barbara Court---Cajun Moon-- Whitt, Doug Court---Desperado-- Whitt, Doug Court---Gemini-- Wright, Fred & Barbara Court---White Success-- Whitt, Doug Fl Bloom--Hannah Gordon--Arthofer, Bob & Judy Polyantha Spray--China Doll--Myers, Robert Dowager Queen---Green Rose-- Myers, Robert Modern Shrub--Orangeade-- Myers, Robert Climber---Night Out-- Myers, Robert (F?) Mini Queen---Nancy Jean-- Wright, Fred & Barbara Mini King---Best of �04-- Wright, Fred & Barbara Mini Princess---Joy-- Arthofer, Bob & Judy Mini Court---Chattooga--Lundburg, Bob & Sandy Mini Court---Ty-- Lundburg, Bob & Sandy Mini Court---Bee�s Knees--Simpson, Henry & Stephanie Mini Court---Orange Classic--Myers, Don & Mary Mini Fl Queen---Shameless-- Arthofer, Bob & Judy Mini Fl King---Dr Troy Garret-- Arthofer, Bob & Judy Mini Fl Princess---Foolish Pleasure-- Wright, Fred & Barbara Mini Fl Court--Abby�s Angel-- Wright, Fred & Barbara Mini Fl Court--First Choice-- Simpson, Henry & Stephanie Mini Fl Court--Unbridled-- Wright, Fred & Barbara Mini Fl Court--Whirlaway-- Lundburg, Bob & Sandy ************************************************ NCNH DISTRICT ROSE SHOW (Additions) OAKLAND, CA 9-25-2010 Rose Arrangement Awards: "Pot of Gold"--Jennifer Galli--ARS Royalty Award Lucia Morgan District Trophy "Rainbow�s Reflection"--Lesa Lane--ARS Oriental Award "Violet Mist"--Eilene Chun--ARS Silver Medal Certificate "Rainbow Room"--Betty Ann Cassina--Etiquette, Bronze Metal "A Pocket Full of Rainbows"--Jennifer Galli--Mini Royalty, Gold "Radiance"--Lesa Lane--Oriental Award, Mini Silver Certificate "Rainbow Bread"--Jennifer Galli--ARS Mini Court of Etiquette "Double Rainbow"--Eilene Chun--ARS Mini Artist Award "Rainbow�s End"--Elsina, Dean---ARS Keepsake Award "Rainbow Tapestry"--Elsina Dean-ARS Rosecraft Award "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"--Barbara Gordon--Judges Award Special Classes-- "Aurora Borealis�--Eilene Chun--Duchess, ARS Gold Medal Earl Parson�s District Trophy Robert Martin District Trophy Best Arrangement in Show "Reading Rainbow"--Jennifer Galli--Mini Princess, ARS Bronze "Rainbow Girls"--Lesa Lane--ARS Princess "Rainbow River"--Dave Shaw--ARS Best Novice Charles & Elaine Cochran District Trophy ************************************************ AUGUSA ROSE SOCIETY AUGUSTA, GA 10-2-2010 Queen of Show--King Kong--Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte King of Show---Here�s Gert-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Princess of Show---Marlon�s Day- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Court---Veteran�s Honor--Snellgrove, Delores Court---Rosie O�Donnell-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Court---Hot Princess-- Snellgrove, Delores Court---Cajun Moon-- Snellgrove, Delores Court---Louise Estes-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Fl Bloom--Pete Musser--Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Fl Queen---Poulsen�s Pearl-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Polyantha Spray---Verdun--Boland, Linda & Ken Dowager Queen---Marchesa Boccella--Blankenship, P. & C. Victorian Award---Pink Pet--Reeves, Millie Climber---Night Climber-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Queen---Joy--- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini King---Best of �04-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Princess---Hilde-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Court---Ty-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Court---Nancy Jean-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Court---Carolina Lady-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Court---Emma Grace- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Court---Bee�s Knees- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Spray---Ina-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl Queen---Whirlaway-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl King--Memphis King--- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl Princess---Tiffany Lynn-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl Court--Tiffany Lite-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl Court--Cooper-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl Court--Foolish Pleasure-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl Court--Butter Cream-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl Court--Power Point-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Mini Fl Spray--Cooper-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte ************************************************* NASHVILLE ROSE SOCIETY NASHVILLE, TN 10-2-2010 Queen of Show--Louise Estes--Toevs, Frank & Jennie King of Show---Cajun Signature--Worsham, Lyle & Ruby Princess of Show---Desperado-- Toevs, Frank & Jennie Court--- Here�s Sam-- Toevs, Frank & Jennie Court--- White Success-- Toevs, Frank & Jennie Court---Gentle Giant--Chappell, Bill & Jill Court---St Patrick--Hunter, Ray Court---Hot Princess--Clemons, David & Tammy Fl Bloom--Sunsprite--Bates, Michel & & Mary Fl Queen---Lavaglut-- Bates, Michel & & Mary Polyantha Spray---The Fairy--Plant, Dianne Dowager Queen---Mme Zoetmaans-- Toevs, Frank & Jennie Victorian Award---Rose de Rescht--Garman, Keith Climber---Altissimo--Worch, Cindy Modern Shrub---Quietness--Dollinger, Mike Mini Queen---Joy--Clemons, David & Tammy Mini King---Nancy Jean-- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Princess---Erin Alonso-- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Court---Dancing Flame- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Court---Irresistible--Jacobs, Robert Mini Court---Memphis Bell--Clark, Doyle Mini Court---Sweet Revenge--Baird, Larry & Connie Mini Court---Arcanum-- Chappell, bill & Jill Mini Court--- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Spray--- Pierrine--Sloan, Lois Mini Fl Queen---Tabasco Cat-- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Fl King---Foolish Pleasure-- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Fl Princess---Show Stopper-- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Fl Court--Ghost Stopper-- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Fl Court-Dr Troy Garret--- Clemons, David & Tammy Mini Fl Court--Seattle Sunrise--Harding, Jim & Starla Mini Fl Court--Jerry Lynn-- Chappell, bill & Jill Mini Fl Court--Louisville Lady-- Jacobs, Robert Mini Fl Spray--Andie McDowell-- Chappell, bill & Jill *************************************************** EAST COUNTY ROSE SOCIETY EL CAJON, CA 10-2-2010 Queen of Show--Marlon�s Day--English, Roger & Madeline King of Show---Black Magi--Mahanay, Bobbie & Carl Princess of Show---Moonstone--Mahanay, Bobbie & Carl 3 HT�s--Kardinal--Mahanay, Bobbie & Carl 6 HT�s--Kardinal--Mahanay, Bobbie & Carl Large Rose in a Bowl--Desperado--Bulman, Gary Large Cycle of Bloom--Pop Warner-- Tiffany, Ruth Picture Frame--Dayna Sawyer-- Bulman, Gary Fl Bloom--Kanegem--Clark, Linda Fl Queen---First Edition--Tiffany, Ruth 3 Fl Sprays--Playgirl--Tiffany, Ruth Polyantha Spray---Anda--Martin, Bob & Dona Genesis Award---R Moschata--Orent, Clifford Dowager Queen--Baronne Prevost--- Orent, Clifford Victorian Award---Hippolyte Jamain-- Orent, Clifford Large Bloom Fully Open--Golden Holstein-- Clark, Linda Fragrant Rose--Rouge Royale-- Tiffany, Ruth Climber---Polka-- Tiffany, Ruth Classic Shrub---Robin Hood-- Orent, Clifford Modern Shrub--Evelyn--Bulman, Gary Modern Shrub Spray--Carefree Spirit--Bulman, Gary Mini Queen---Bee�s Knees-- English, Roger & Madeline Mini King---Heather Sproul-- Mahanay, Bobbie & Carl Mini Princess---Erin Alonso-- Mahanay, Bobbie & Carl Mini Single---Grace Seward-- Mahanay, Bobbie & Carl Mini Fully Open--Wonderful News-- Strong, Kathleen Mini Fl Queen---Powerhouse--Bulman, Gary Mini Fl King---Louisville Lady--Tiffany, Ruth Mini Fl Princess---Whirlaway---Bulman, Gary 3 Mini Fl Blooms--Whiraway--Bulman, Gary Mini/Mini Fl Spray--Tabasco Cat-- Bulman, Gary Mini/Mini Fl English Box--Whirlaway--Bulman, Gary Mini/Mini Fl Picture Frame--Memphis Music--Strong, Kathleen Mini/Mini Fl Artist�s Palette-- Mahanay, Bobbie & Carl Novice, HT/Gr--Johann Strauss--Angel, Cheryl (F?) Novice Mini/MInFL--What a Peach--Angel, Cheryl (S?) Judges Award--Heaven on Earth--Strathman, Akiko ROSE ARRANGEMENT AWARDS: "ABC�s of Roses--Frank Hastings-Ron Hockwalt Trophy "Awesome Art"--Sandy Campillo--Lila Mae Hastings Trophy "Marvelous Music"--Sally Long--ARS Artist�s, Gold Medal "Marbles"--Sandy Campillo--Oriental "Open House"-- Sandy Campillo--Duchess, Bronze Medal "Colored Crayons--Dixie Dahl--Duke, Silver Medal "Line Leader"-- Sandy Campillo--Mini Royalty, Mini Gold Medal "Backpack"--Sally Long--Mini Artist�s, Mini Silver Medal "Origami"--Dixie Dahl--Mini Oriental, Mini Bronze Medal "Sandbox Skills"--Sally Long--Mini Keepsake "Library Books"--Sally Long--Keepsake Award "Flower for the Teacher"--Miriam Yoder--1ST Place "Teacher�s Pet"-- Miriam Yoder--Etiquette Award Judge�s Class, Standard--Helen Baird--1ST Place Judge�s Class, Mini Arrangement--Kreg Hill--Judges Award PHOTOGRAPHY: Rose Portrait--St Patrick--Barbara Lester Rose Close-up--Dairy Maid--Kathleen Strong Rose Art--The Imposter--Barbara Lester People in the Garden--Betty Boop--Marie & Ira Fletcher A Rose Garden--Show Biz, Fame, Fourth of July-- Barbara Lester ******************************************* POTOMAC ROSE SOCIETY FAIRFAX, VA 10-2-2010 Queen of Show--Let Freedom Ring--Borrmann, Ken King of Show---Moonstone-- Borrmann, Ken Princess of Show--Affirm-- Borrmann, Ken Court--- Gemini-- Borrmann, Ken Court---Touch of Class--Powers, Pam Fl Bloom--Playboy-- Powers, Pam Dowager Queen---Rouletti-- George, Kathy Classic Shrub---F. J. Grootendorst--George, Kathy Modern Shrub--Carefree Sunshine-- George, Kathy Climber---Fourth of July--Mirilovich, Joe Mini Queen---Fairhope-- Powers, Pam Mini King---Bee�s Knees--Hearne, Andrew Mini Princess---Soroptimist International-- Powers, Pam Mini Court---Breath of Spring-- Powers, Pam Mini Spray--- Soroptimist International--Toth, Bill Mini Fl Queen---Conundrum-- Borrmann, Ken Mini Fl King--- Dr John Dickman-- Hearne, Andrew Mini Fl Princess---Madeleine-- Hearne, Andrew Mini Fl Court--Unbridled-- Hearne, Andrew Mini Fl Spray--Tabasco Cat--Mirilovich, Joe ******************************************** SIERRA FOOTHILLS ROSE SOCIETY CITRUS HEIGHTS, CA 10-2-2010 Queen of Show--Let Freedom Ring--Carlson, Duane & Melody King of Show--Desperado--Owendyk, Charlotte Princess of Show--Secret--Fredrick, Judith Court---Black Magic--Humenick, Muriel Court---Elizabeth Taylor--Knowles, Linda Court---Fairest One--Villegas, Baldo Court--- Miyabi-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Court--Moonstone--Bennet, Sue Court---Rosie O�Donnell-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Court---Tournament of Roses-- Carlson, Duane & Melody LG Rose in a Bowl--Touch of Class-- Humenick, Muriel Cycle of Bloom--Sunset Celebration---- Carlson, Duane & Melody Rose Bouquet--Easy Going--Padgett, Bob Fl Bloom--Angel Face--Knowles, Linda Fl Queen---Moondance-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Polyantha Spray---Orange Miss Edith Cavell-- Villegas, Baldo Dowager Queen---Green Rose-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Victorian Award---Paul Neyron-- Knowles, Linda Modern Shrub--Wise Portia-- Villegas, Baldo Climber---Night Owl-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Mini Queen---Fancy That-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Mini King---Bee�s Knees-- Owendyk, Charlotte Mini Princess---Deja Vous-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Mini Court---Eternal Flame-- Villegas, Baldo Mini Court---Jean Kenneally-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Mini Court---Joy-- Villegas, Baldo Mini Court---Linville-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Mini Court---Pierrine-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Mini Court--Rookie--- Carlson, Duane & Melody Mini Court---The lighthouse-- Villegas, Baldo Mini Spray---Soffee-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Mini Fl Queen---Double Take-- Owendyk, Charlotte Mini Fl King---Yantai-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Mini Fl Princess---Dr Troy Garret-- Villegas, Baldo Mini Fl Court--Leading Lady-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Mini Fl Court--Mr Lenard-- Villegas, Baldo Mini /MInFL Open Bloom--Whistle Stop-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Mini /Min FL Single--Neon Cowboy-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Mini /Min FL Single Spray--Gizmo-- Villegas, Baldo Mini /Min FL Single Bloom--Peggy "T"-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Mini /Min Fl English Box--Bee�s Knees-- Knowles, Linda Mini /Min Fl Rose in a Bowl--Joy-- Carlson, Duane & Melody 3, Mini /Min Fl One Container--Salute-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Mini Min Fl Rose Bouquet--Bee�s Knees-- Knowles, Linda Mini /Min Fl -- Mini Fl Spray--Leading Lady-- Villegas, Baldo Most Fragrant Rose--Evelyn--Newlin, Karen Cycle of Bloom--Sunset Celebration---- Carlson, Duane & Melody Rose Bouquet--Easy Going--Padgett, Bob Tin Can Derby-- Padgett, Bob Presidents Trophy--Night Owl-- Carlson, Duane & Melody Trailing Rose--Graham Thomas--Jelton, Kay Best Public Entry--Mother�s Love--Peterson, Emma Best Novice--Veteran�s Honor--Short, Deb Best Judges Entry--Stretch Johnson--Trimble, Gail PHOTOGRAPHY: One Bloom--Soaring Spirits--Longanecker, Ellie One Spray--Lyda-- Longanecker, Ellie Rose Garden--Knowles, Linda Abstract/Artwork Generated Picture-- Owendyk, Charlotte ************************************************ GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA NORFOLK, VA 10-6-20110 Queen of Show--Cajun Moon--Jones, Howard & Sara King of Show---Cajun Sunrise-- Jones, Howard & Sara Princess of Show---Bride�s Dream-- Jones, Howard & Sara Fl Bloom--Easy Does it--de Bordenave, Constance Fl Spray-- Betty Prior--Herrington, Frances Climber--- Clair Martin--de Bordenave, Constance Modern Shrub---Pillow Fight-- Jones, Howard & Sara Mini Queen---Jean Kenneally-- Jones, Howard & Sara Mini King---Irresisable--Jones, Howard & Sara Mini Princess---Sunset Melody-- Jones, Howard & Sara (Sweet Melody?) Mini Spray---Party Girl-- Jones, Howard & Sara Mini Fl Queen---Cachet-- Jones, Howard & Sara Mini Fl King---Shenandoah--Price, Michael & Evaline Mini Fl Princess---Unbridled-- Jones, Howard & Sara **************************************** ARS FALL 2010 NATIONAL ROSE SHOW/DEEP SOUTH DISTRICT ATLANTA GA 10- 9, 2010 Queen of Show--Louise Estes--Clemons, David & Tammy King of Show---Parole-Thorpe, Bob & Chris Princess of Show---Veldfire-- Blankenship, Paul & C. 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Mini/Mini Fl Sprays--Ina-- Blankenship, Paul & Charlotte Fragrance--Dolly Parton-- Dale, Cindy Seedling / Sport--Merlot x Robin Alonso-- Clemons, D. & T. (Class of Rose?) Small Rose Tin Can--Fleek, John & Diana Large Rose Tin Can-- Brickman, Dan & Barbara Novice--Molineux--Sheats, Heather Judges Award--Whirlaway--Carman, Howard National Challenge Classes J. Horace McFarland Memorial Trophy-- Wright, Jack & Nancy Earl of Warwick Urn-- Wright, Fred & Barbara National Pacific R S Perpetual Challenge Trophy--Wright, F. & B. Dr T. Allen Kirk Memorial Trophy--Prabhu, Satish & Vijaya Robert E. and Mildred C. Lawton Mini Trophy-- Prabhu, S. & V. Ralph Moore National Trophy-- Hearne, Andrew J. Benjamin Williams Miniflora Trophy-- Prabhu, Satish & Vijaya Rose Hybridizers Association Trophy--Clemons, David Garden Web Rose Forum Best in Show--Louise Estes--Clemons, David & Tammy ROSE ARRAGEMENT AWARDS: Overesch Memorial--Jim Herrell Deep South District Challenge--Jeff Hoffman Millie Walters Memorial--Jim Harrell District Directors Mini Fl Arrangement Trophy--Joanne Maxheimer "Sweet Tea"--Susan Waites--Royalty, Bronze Certificate "She Crab Soup"--Susan Waites--Artist�s Award "Mint Juleps in the Blue Grass"--Susan Waites--Oriental Award "Black Eyed Peas"-- Susan Waite--Duchess, ARS Gold Certificate "Shrimp & Grits"--Paula Williams--Duke, ARS Silver Certificate "Tailgating at the Georgia-Florida Game"--Susan Waites Court of Etiquette ARS Princess Award "Charleston Artillery Punch"--Sam Jones--Judges Award "Brunswick Stew"--Jim Harrell--ARS Keepsake Award "Ambrosia"--Diane Snyder--Rosecraft Award "Goo-Goo Cluster--Martha Youmans--ARS Mini Royalty "Hush Puppies"--Paula Williams--ARS Mini Silver Certificate "Mimosas Under The Pines"--Don Myers--ARS Bronze Certificate "Cheer Wine"--Susan Waites-- ARS Princess Award "Mountain Dew"--Memphis King--P. Williams--ARS Mini Gold (M/F?) "Dirty Rice"--Donna Tarrant--Judges Award "Cheese Grits"--Autumn Splendor--P. Williams--Mini Keepsake (M/F?) "Divinity"--Susan Waites--Mini Rosecraft *************************************** CENTRAL ARKANSAS ROSE SOCIETY CONWAY, AR 10-10-2010 Queen of Show--Gemini--Shockley, David & Carol King of Show---Louise Estes--Toevs, Frank & Jeannie Princess of Show---Deidre Hall-- Toevs, Frank & Jeannie Court---Cajun Moon-- Adlong, Don & Paula Court--Mu Lan--Adlong, Don & Paula Court--- Distant Sounds--Cooper, Ralph &Gail Court---Moonstone-- Cooper, Ralph &Gail Court---Affirm-- Toevs, Frank & Jeannie Court---Veteran�s Honor-- Toevs, Frank & Jeannie Court--Marlon�s Day--Johnson, Don & Brenda Fl Bloom--Sheila�s Perfume--Deck, Joanna Fl Queen---Nicole--Barry, Ben & Susan Polyantha Spray---China Doll, Cl-- Adlong, Don & Paula Dowager Queen---Souv de la Malmaison--Adlong, Don & Paula Victorian Award---Paul Neyron-- Johnson, Don & Brenda Climber---Fourth of July-- Shockley, David & Carol Shrub--Louise Clements--- Johnson, Don & Brenda Mini Queen---Bee�s Knees-- Adlong, Don & Paula Mini King---Joy-- Deck, Joanna Mini Princess---Ty-- Deck, Joanna Mini Court---Breath of Spring-- Shockley, David & Carol Mini Court---Daddy Frank-- Shockley, David & Carol (M/F?) Mini Court---Memphis Bell-- Shockley, David & Carol Mini Court---Sam Trivitt-- Adlong, Don & Paula Mini Court---Nancy Jean-- Adlong, Don & Paula Mini Court---Dancing Flame-- Adlong, Don & Paula Mini Court---Soroptimist International-- Johnson, Don & Brenda Mini Spray---Joy-- Deck, Joanna Mini Fl Queen---Kismet-- Adlong, Don & Paula Mini Fl King---Baldo Villegas-- Barry, Ben & Susan Mini Fl Princess---Tiffany Lite-- Adlong, Don & Paula Mini Fl Court--Unbridled-- Shockley, David & Carol Mini Fl Court--Whirlaway-- Shockley, David & Carol Mini Fl Court--Show Stopper-- Shockley, David & Carol Mini Fl Court--Joy Kathleen-- Shockley, David & Carol Mini Fl Court--Memphis King-- Johnson, Don & Brenda Mini Fl Court--Abby�s Angel-- Barry, Ben & Susan Mini Fl Court--Conundrum-- Deck, Joanna *********************************************** DALLAS ROSE SOCIETY DALLAS, TX 10-16-2010 Queen of Show--Let Freedom Ring--Herbison, James King of Show---Gemini--Agee, Vicki Princess of Show--Silverado, Allen, John Court---Cajun Moon--Dickson, Jack & Lorrie Court---Rephidy--Krause, Earl & Deanna Court--- Louise Estes-- Herbison, James Court---Veteran�s Honor-- Krause, Earl & Deanna Court---Desperado-- Krause, Earl & Deanna Court---Signature-- Krause, Earl & Deanna Court---St Patrick-- Herbison, James Fl Bloom--Pinnacle-- Agee, Vicki Fl Queen---Johnny Becnel-- Agee, Vicki Dowager Queen---Souv de la Malmaison--Mainwaring. Carol Victorian Award---Mrs Dudley Cross-- Krause, Earl & Deanna Modern Shrub--Deanna-- Krause, Earl & Deanna Climber---Night Owl-- Krause, Earl & Deanna Mini Queen---Nancy Jean-- Dickson, Jack & Lorrie Mini King---Karaoke-- Dickson, Jack & Lorrie Mini Princess---Fairhope--Niklas, Dennis & Renee Mini Court---Memphis Bell-- Dickson, Jack & Lorrie Mini Court---Incognito-- Dickson, Jack & Lorrie Mini Court---Memphis Queen-- Dickson, Jack & Lorrie Mini Court---Chattooga--Stanford, Jimmy Mini Court---Miss Flippins-- Niklas, Dennis & Renee Mini Court---Sweet Caroline-- Niklas, Dennis & Renee Mini Fl Queen---First Choice-- Niklas, Dennis & Renee Mini Fl King---Abby�s Angel-- Dickson, Jack & Lorrie Mini Fl Princess---Dr Troy Garret-- Dickson, Jack & Lorrie Mini Fl Court--Show Stopper-- Niklas, Dennis & Renee Mini Fl Court--Joy Kathleen-- Dickson, Jack & Lorrie Mini Fl Court--Top Contender--- Niklas, Dennis & Renee Mini Fl Court--Deja Blu-- Niklas, Dennis & Renee Mini Fl Court--Unbridled-- Dickson, Jack & Lorrie Mini Fl Court--Hurricane-- Niklas, Dennis & Renee Mini Fl Court--Mikayla Danille--Dickson, Jack & Lorrie ************************************************ SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY ROSE SOCIETY FRESNO, CA 10-17-2010 Queen of Show--Gemini-- Braun, Michael King of Show---Stainless Steel-- Braun, Michael Princess of Show--Pearl--Burg, Ted & Linda Fl Bloom--Monkey Business-- Braun, Michael Fl Queen--Sun Flare--Schramm, Dwayne Polyantha Spray---China Doll--Welzenbaaach, Bill Dowager Queen---Adam-- Braun, Michael Victorian Award---Susan Louise--Shaw, John Classic Shrub---Dortmund-- Burg, Ted & Linda Modern Shrub--Bishop�s Castle-- Braun, Michael Climber---America-- Braun, Michael Mini Queen---Peaches �n� Cream-- Shaw, John Mini King--Dancing Flame-- Burg, Ted & Linda Mini Princess---Chelsea Belle-- Burg, Ted & Linda Mini Spray---Roller Coaster-- Burg, Ted & Linda Mini Fl Queen---Double Take-- Burg, Ted & Linda Mini Fl King---Lo and Behold-- Burg, Ted & Linda Mini Fl Princess---Thanks to Sue-- Shaw, John ************************************************ ORANGE COUNTY ROSE SOCIETY CORONA DEL MAR, CA 10-23-2010 Queen of Show--Hot Princess--Belendez, Bob & Kitty King of Show---Moonstone--Stage, Jeff Princess of Show--Black Magic--Strathmann, Akiko Court---Desperado--Youngewirth, Gerry & Gloria Court---Gemini-- Youngewirth, Gerry & Gloria Court--- Veteran�s Honor-- Belendez, Bob & Kitty Court--- Big Time-- Belendez, Bob & Kitty HT/Gr Decorative bloom--Pink Traviata-- Strathmann, Akiko 3 HT/Gr Blooms--Veteran�s Honor-- Belendez, Bob & Kitty HT/Gr Cycle of Bloom--Black Magic-- Belendez, Bob & Kitty HT/Gr Fully Open--Henry Fonda--Strong, Kathleen HT/Gr English Box-- Stage, Jeff HT/Gr Spray--Gemini-- Belendez, Bob & Kitty Fl /Poly Bloom--Purple Tiger-- Belendez, Bob & Kitty 3 Fl Blooms---Purple Tiger-- Belendez, Bob & Kitty Fl Queen---Inter. 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Best Judges Any Type--Joasine Hanet, Jones, Bud Best Judges in Class--Joasine Hanet, Jones, Bud Artist Palette---Stage, Jeff Virginia Carlson CC-- Strathmann, Akiko Rose in a Picture Frame--St Patrick--Hoffman, Kathy ROSE ARRAGEMENT AWARDS: "Farm Stand"--Marcia Sanchez-Walsh--Royalty, Gold Medal "Tide Pools"--Cordelia Sanchez-Walsh--Artist, Silver Medal "Harvest Moon"--Katie Crawford--Oriental, Bronze Metal Doris Hines Memorial--Jan Brider "Tea For Two"--Dorothy Birsic--Court of Etiquette "Hayride"--Diana Kilmer--Duchess "Avocado Grove"-- Marcia Sanchez-Walsh--Mini Royalty, Gold Medal "Boysenberry Pie"--Kathie Crawford--Mini Artist, Silver Medal "Pixie Treasures"-- Kathie Crawford--Mini Oriental Manner, Bronze "Centennial Farm"-- Cordelia Sanchez-Walsh--Junior Arrangement ************************************************

What makes a chair comfortable isn't the padding or lack thereof. It's all about the shape of the seat and the shape of the back and the angle where the back of the chair meets the seat. I have a wood desk chair with a shaped seat that is far more comfortable than many padded chairs I've sat in. And for dining chairs, another big factor is the height of the seat in combination with the height of the table. If you want comfortable seating in your dining room, that will encourage people to linger after a meal, you really need to test the table and chairs together. I suspect that when people say a dining chair is comfortable, it isn't just the chair; it's also the way the chair and the table work together that makes the seat so comfortable. I'm sure it's possible to get a very comfortable counter height dining set, just as I know it is possible to get an uncomfortable regular table height dining set. So whatever you get, I hope you can test sit it first.

Cat-mom, I will try and find out for you. Stores will be closed now (6:00pm on Sunday). I am guessing that they won't. I think their prices are very competitive for the quality of work. Of course, Asian imports are about 1/3 of the price. Each dealer will be different- I don't think you could buy directly from them_ I couldn't even find a yellow pages listing for Woodworks. The table and 4 chairs were listed as reg price $3500 CAD (which would be ~ the same for you), The Oak Market (local store that sold them) had them priced at $2700, and then had a Boxing Day special of $1999 for the floor model. The chairs are reg $389 (at The Oak Market), so they may have a manufacturer's list price of more. I think that is perhaps a little less than the Canadel price which is another very popular Made in Canada line. These are pieces that I can envision being handed down for generations. Extremely well-made in solid Maple, chairs look like they are hand-made, edges are bevelled, hardware like the locks under the table are of high quality... and the chairs/chair backs are very comfortable. Even though they may not be available in cherry, they are available in a variety of different stains...

I think we should take a vote on who has the funniest heeby jeeby story to tell. Actually, these three get my vote: Lisa's story about the skunk Wild4gardens story about the tick and her husband Veronicastrum's story about the bee and her ahem cleavage * Posted by: ernie50 z7bGA (My Page) on Thu, Jun 26, 03 at 17:06 I was thinking the same. My favorites are Meadowlark's Mother of all Spiders & Marilou's snake orgy-they must be stopped!LOL. Great visuals. * Posted by: Storygardener 5/6 central oh (My Page) on Thu, Jun 26, 03 at 18:24 I've noticed a trend here...seems like only women get the garden heebie-jeebies. Don't men ever get them? Just wondering... * Posted by: Jannie z7 LI NY (My Page) on Thu, Jun 26, 03 at 19:29 My friend Angela went out for her Anniversary with DH Jim. She ordered a big salad, it came with cut-up portobello mushrooms, sliced in strips. Jim looked over, said her salad "looks like it has slugs in it," Angela went home in tears, and hasn't been able to eat mushrooms ever since. * Posted by: another_hosta_please 6 Coastal MA (My Page) on Thu, Jun 26, 03 at 20:03 lmao @jannie's story. That is priceless! * Posted by: ernie50 z7bGA (My Page) on Thu, Jun 26, 03 at 20:28 Why no, storygardener! We're much too macho and manly to...WHAT WAS THAT!!!;) * Posted by: bouncingpig Spokane z 4-5 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 26, 03 at 20:56 Here in Spokane we get these horrible spiders that look like a marshmallow after it has been roasted and is about to pop. If you squish them (poor DH gets that job!) they literally explode. Their bodies, not counting legs, are about an inch across! So creepy!!!! I also think those white plastic garden swans sold at K-mart border on giving me the heebie-jeebies, or perhaps just the "tacky-wackys". * Posted by: grrlsmom z5 IL (My Page) on Fri, Jun 27, 03 at 0:36 E had to share my fav maggot story. And by the way, I vote for another hostas story about her mom and the ground hog. LMAO! Anyway, when our 3 girls were little, they were very competitive about everything. Fixing chicken to go on the grill one night, I noticed there was an odd # of legs - not an absolutely, even, fair #, and thought, uh-oh, another fight! When dh brought them back in, one was gone and I even remarked, oh ya fixed that problem! He just looked at me. 6 wks later, oldest dd room SMELLED. I cleaned and cleaned, ripped apart the closet, everything. But for some reason, I don't remember why, I didn't get under the bed. One afternoon, I heard all the girls in dd rm. screaming their heads off - chicken leg had pretty much walked out from under the bed by itself. Maggots! The kids and friends were freaking, dh was gone, I had to bite the bullet and take of it ALL BY MYSELF. EWWWWWW! We finally figured out cat had snuck up, grabbed it before plate went out to be cooked and carted it under dd bed for a snack and then abandoned it. Thank God, none of the six I have now is interested in people food! * Posted by: Storygardener 5/6 central oh (My Page) on Fri, Jun 27, 03 at 5:44 Ah, yes, Ernie - that's what I figured...*giggle*. * Posted by: Wendy_the_Pooh USDA 2003 z5/6 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 29, 03 at 14:57 Today I found this THING growing on my straw... [Yucky fungus growing in straw] [More yucky fungus growing in straw] [Yes, even more yucky fungus growing in straw] Eeeeek, I almost touched it!! Also, my very own dog barf fungus... [Dried dog barf] [More dried dog barf] [ o ] RE: Garden Heebie-Jeebies II * Posted by: jennysrainbow z5 PA (My Page) on Sun, Jun 29, 03 at 17:34 I'm sure I'm not alone in getting that Heebie Jeebie feeling from spiders... Don't know why, but they give me the creeps. After being out in the garden one evening, I came in and saw a hidious, brown, hairy, rather large spider on my sneaker. I shooed it off and proceeded to squish it - only to realize that what I thought were "hairs" on the spider weren't... they were HUNDREDS of it's babies traveling on it's back!!! UGH! They were running all over the floor, up the walls, everywhere. My Heebie Jeebies were multiplied by 100 - literally. Had to get some spray to kill them all. Would have taken all night to track down and squish all the little ones. Gives me the willies just thinking about it. Great post - love these stories... hysterical! :) Thanks for the laughs. * Posted by: Veronicastrum z5 IL (My Page) on Mon, Jun 30, 03 at 9:35 THE WEEKEND REPORT: Friday - Went for a walk through the woods when somebody said, "Oh, there's poison ivy in here!" Yes, I was standing on it! (See my earlier post where I insist there is no poison ivy on my property. Mea culpa.) When I got in the house, I carefully removed my jeans and immediately washed them because the cuffs definitely dragged across the plant. Haven't decided how I will handle the leather work boots I was wearing! Saturday - Drove downstate to visit a friend and pick up my daughter from camp, so I was safe for the day! Sunday - worked in the garden most of the day. Took a mid-afternoon break on the porch. As I was running my hand through my hair, I felt a piece of leaf or a seed stuck in my hair, right at the part. Hmm, it was a little stubborn to get it out... Hmm again, what's that crawling on my hand now? EEUW! TICK! Thank goodness it's Monday! * Posted by: flytoxin z6a NJ (My Page) on Wed, Jul 2, 03 at 0:06 My story is not so much of an EEUW!!, but incredibly embarrassing. I mulch all my beds with wood chips as we have a tree service. The different variety of chips produce of course different varieties of fungus/mushrooms when they become extremely wet. Well one weekend the significant other's parents came down for a visit after a particularly rainy period. I had not been around the north side of the house for about a week and that area is heavily mulched in a wide swath. As I rounded the house giving them a tour of the various improvements we had made since their last visit we stopped dead in our tracks. There were hundreds of mushrooms, I mean hundreds. All of them the exact same standing there in full glory at complete attention. THEY EACH LOOKED LIKE A COMPLETE SET OF MALE GENITALIA. The flag pole and the two boys. It was a giant sea of white serpents. Have I told you yet that his parents are Baptist ministers? His mother was afraid to walk on the stone path leading through, she kept looking back and forth as though she thought one of them were going to jump out and bite her ankles. So what did the S.O. say to his father as he pointed at one of the shrooms, "Now you know why she likes gardening so much". AAARRGGG!! * Posted by: Wendy_the_Pooh USDA 2003 z5/6 (My Page) on Wed, Jul 2, 03 at 0:18 Oh, my, is that funny, flytoxin. Glad I was awake for that story. Hee-hee-hee! * Posted by: Veronicastrum z5 IL (My Page) on Wed, Jul 2, 03 at 8:57 flytoxin, I will "witness" for you that you're not exaggerating - I had a nice "set" pop up in my own yard last summer. Thank heavens it was only my 14-year-old niece who commented on how interesting the mushrooms were. And by the way, I think your SO has the same sense of humor as my husband! * Posted by: TinaMcG Z5 Chicago (My Page) on Wed, Jul 2, 03 at 13:01 Hey speaking of dog-barf fungus, aka slime mold....this is the first year I haven't had a problem with it. Last year was a nightmare. I don't care if it "doesn't do any harm". It was growing all over my perennials, and if I hit it with the hose, there were poofs of black spore-smoke all over the place. It was like a Hitchcock film in our garden. Why don't I have slime mold this year? Well, the weather hasn't been that much different than in previous years, so I can only figure it's because I switched from hardwood bark mulch to a thick layer of shredded leaves. * Posted by: flytoxin z6a NJ (My Page) on Wed, Jul 2, 03 at 17:17 Tina McG: Could possibly be the change that did it. I do not use leaves as I found they created a slug problem for me. Dying material and a soft environment to slither over. They seem to resent the rougher texture. Last years chips were predominately maple which produced the serpent army, this year it's birch and it's crop are like the Japanese Shitaki mushrooms. Birch chips are my favorite as they smell great (just don't work with them too long after freshly being cut as you can actually be overcome by the fumes, smells like being in a giant soda factory). Like other chips they will dry out but a rain will bring on the fragrance again. I also find that the insect level seems to decrease in the beds when I use them. (Unfortunately I'm at the mercy of whatever is on the trucks when they come home and many times it's something else). * Posted by: littlebug5 z5 MO (My Page) on Wed, Jul 2, 03 at 17:38 Still laughing at flytoxin's anatomically correct shrooms. Well, I had a heebie-jeebie, and I still have chills up my back just remembering it: I was home alone, mowing my yard on my big noisy riding mower. On the side of my house, near the woods, I was mowing along when I caught a movement out of the corner of my eye. I turned around on the seat and just caught the sight of a BIG blacksnake disappearing into the woods. About 4 FEET of him!!!! Well, I am a snake-phobic. I just about had a heart attack. Then, I thought, well, I can't let him get away! So I stopped the mower, went around to the garage to get the hoe, and come back looking for him. Well, I saw him all right. He raised his head up out of the weeds under the trees, looked at me, then KEPT RAISING UP OUT OF THE WEEDS TO A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 4 FOOT AND CLIMBED A TREE!!!! He stretched out along the branch that hung over my yard. About 6 Feet long! AAAAUGGGHHHH! So, methinks, I'll get you yet! So I go back to the garage to get my son's .22 and some shells. So I come back to shoot him and he's gone. Naturally! So, after I calmed down a little bit, I got back on my mower to finish the yard. (Hang with me here.) I had to mow under that branch, several times, and each time I was craning my neck to make sure he wasn't up there and ready to fall down on me. Unbeknownest to me, DH and DS (who is 13) returned home. DS brought me a cold pop (how sweet, you think). Well, he thought he would be clever and sneak up behind me and surprise me with it. Well, you guessed it. As I was making a pass under that fateful branch, DS tapped me on the shoulder. I thought I was going to die! As we say in Missouri, I nearly "had a cow." I screamed, I cried, I nearly wet my pants. DS thought it was extremely funny. And we haven't seen the snake since. * Posted by: Chris_ont 4-5 Ont (My Page) on Sat, Jul 5, 03 at 22:54 Littlebug, I can only say I'm glad you didn't still have that gun when your DS startled you! I had a moment today. There was this thing on my crocosmia. Round, grey, pea-size and shape. In some sort of web. I figured it for an egg or eggs of some sort. Because I can't leave well enough alone, I used my finger to poke at the very edge of the web, to see if it was a spider with its legs pulled in or something. SPROINGGGGGG. The thing took a gigantic leap, hit my finger (I think) and disappeared. It was just gone. I never even saw what it was. Of course, I was convinced that it landed somewhere on me. I ran in the house, removed all of my clothes and shook them out. I'm STILL convinced it's in my hair or something. I never learn... * Posted by: Taryn S Ontario Z6B (My Page) on Sun, Jul 6, 03 at 1:17 flytoxin, ROTHLMAO, hehehe! Hope the MIL loosened up some after her 'encounter' with the 'mushrooms' hehehe! * Posted by: Radagast US east coast (My Page) on Sun, Jul 6, 03 at 15:35 Here's a few, and yes, I am a guy, so you can snicker if you want to... --- The Medusa Pine: This one happened a bunch of years ago back when I was in college. My family has a modest-sized pine bush on the east side of the house. Well, one day I was out there trimming the grass or mowing it or something, and I kept hearing a rustling sound... I turned around and my eyes wided in horror at the pine bush. The whole thing was covered with pinesaw worms (or something like that) - these long, green caterpiller like things would cover the stems and sorta blend in, but they'd all squirm and wriggle at the same time. The result was as if the whole plant was a Medusa - a slithering, ghastly mass of snake-like worms. HORRID!! Fortunately, a good dose of insecticide kills the dang things, but it was a pretty revolting sight to see. You just don't expect to see that many bugs on a plant, and they were all green so they blended in... until they moved... --- Spiders: Normally, I don't mind them, but there's a particular kind that I've seen around on the east coast that gets in houses now and then... it's large and black, and while not one of the dangerous, biting types, it is still nasty and bold. Unlike most spiders, if you try to crush it, it will jump at you, or run away with astounding speed. Just a real pain in the neck, especially when they jump off walls and such. --- Mushrooms: I just hate mushrooms. I don't know why, exactly, though my family always had a problem with mushrooms and gross toadstools growing in the soggy, shady area of the yard near the drainage ditch. I just hate nearly all of them. They're nothing but decay, feeding upon death, and they have all sorts of gross and unnatural behavior... puffballs that unleash clouds of spores, bloated, revolting mushrooms that kill all the grass around them, etc... and the big ones STINK! when cut with a lawnmower or whatever. UGH!! * Posted by: odonata_va z7-8VA (My Page) on Sun, Jul 6, 03 at 16:17 I dont gross out over stuff but my husband does... I was in the garden. My husband (who hates nature as much as it hates him) is complaining to me about the tomato plant I pulled out (virus) He is standing with his back to the bluebird house. I can see the house entrance over his shoulder. He is standing only a foot away. I see something move. I think "oh the baby birds are moving around in the box" (they were getting ready to fledge. At this point, everything goes to slow motion. The cute little baby bird sticks its head out of the box. But wait, The head is black and reptilian not blue and feathery. Interesting, I think, Should I interrupt my patronizing but oblivious husband and alert him to the fact that he is about to get up close and personal with Nature?.... Nah, Said blacksnake came shooting out of the box, landed on his neck and dropped down and got caught between his t shirt and under his armpit as he did the fourth of July blacksnake on your neck dance. Best strip act I have ever witnessed in my front, back and side yard, clothes all OVER the place. Said snake was released in the woods with my blessing and Said hubby retired to the house in his jockey shorts. Neighbor lady said she felt she should have tipped him five bucks. I told her he was good at it because in 14 years of marriage, this has been the 4th time that a snake has dropped down on his neck. * Posted by: Wendy_the_Pooh USDA 2003 z5/6 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 6, 03 at 21:47 Chris_ont, It's probably still in the house. Have you imagined lately (while you're half-asleep) that you've felt something crawling on you? :) I know, I'm bad... * Posted by: Taryn S Ontario Z6B (My Page) on Sun, Jul 6, 03 at 23:11 odonata va, ROTHLMAO again! This is a very funny thread! * Posted by: Vicky60 z5 WI ) on Wed, Jul 16, 03 at 13:41 Oh my. My co-workers must think I am crazy. These are hilarious. Thanks for sharing. I especially love the snake stories. I can fortunately say that I've never had a close encounter, but I can imagine that I would do the, as odonata called it, Fourth-of-July blacksnake down your neck dance. I just don't think they (snakes) have evolved yet. * Posted by: Cris 6b RI (My Page) on Wed, Jul 16, 03 at 15:02 Maggots hands down. I was scarred as a 10 year old finding a dead rat in a heap of tack in our barn. < Ticks come in a close second. There's nothing more gross than a tick. < I freak out if I find one of me....jumping around...screeching...the whole nine yards * Posted by: Leslie6RI (My Page) on Wed, Jul 16, 03 at 16:18 I want to grow some of those mushrooms that flytoxin had. I don't know why... And I've never been concerned in the least about moths. UNTIL NOW! And I'm wondering what would happen if I dropped a snake on my husband's neck. Maybe I could charge the neighbors for the floor-show... This has to be the funniest thread I've ever read. * Posted by: momofthreeinzone4 Z4NY ) on Wed, Jul 16, 03 at 17:13 i got my son a bug catcher last year and he had a great time with it - he left it on the porch during the winter snow and when the snow thawed we found Cheez-its and the remains of a mouse in it. * Posted by: flytoxin z6a NJ (My Page) on Wed, Jul 16, 03 at 18:36 Are we allowed another EEEWWW! story? Please, please, it's a bonafide one that I just remembered. When my brother and I were young our little sister was a real pain in the ____. The type of kid that would sneak up behind you when you were watching TV, rip a hunk of hair out of the back of your head and then run and tell your parents you were beating on her. Which resulted in you getting smacked! Well one day when my brother and I were playing out in the front yard she was really harassing us so of course we started to chase her. She was so busy running while looking backwards that she had not realized she had cleared our property line and was now entering the neighbors. The neighbors with the really really big dogs.Well before you knew it she hit the biggest, juiciest, pile of St. Bernard's crap you ever saw. That poor dog must of had alot of grease that night as man was it loose. As soon as she hit it she went down like a baseball player sliding into home plate. Too this day I can still see it in slow mo in my mind. My brother and I started laughing so hard, she cried all the way home and we presented her to mom with us still laughing our butts off. What was mom's response? "Oh you think it's funny, well lets see how funny you think it is when you clean her up!" And we had to. EEEWWWWW!!! She stunk so bad! The hair on the one side of her head was slicked back like some greaser from the 50's, she even had it in her ears. Man it was horrible. My brother wanted to throw her in the pool but we remembered she still couldn't swim that good. Seriously we were pondering the thought but were afraid that if we had to fish her out in an emergency move we might not be able to get a good grip on her because she was so slippery. (Heh the minds of a 10 & an 11 yr old). We opted for the complete strip/garden hose technique as we were in enough hot water. So if any of you ever cross paths with my little sister and she starts to get on your nerves just use this little question "Is it true your nickname as a kid was stinky?" To this day decades later we never let her live that one down. * Posted by: BronwynsPetalPatch Z7/6b NJShore (My Page) on Sat, Jul 19, 03 at 1:38 Its so funny I found this post... I just went outside to 'right' my patio umbrella that fell over, table and all(had a rain storm) and stepped on a slug! :P Yik!!!!! (there really are no words to describe!) :O) * Posted by: SunnyDay2day mid-MI. zone 5 (My Page) on Sat, Jul 19, 03 at 15:30 Man, you guys are hard on my bladder! Thanks 10 million for the many many ROFL laughs! I can't remember any heebie jeebies since I got a bloodsucker on my foot as a girl of about 10 or 11. Then it was my mother's turn to laugh till she cried when I did the help-I'm-dying-get-this-monster-off-my-foot-can't-you-seeI'm-hysterical dance. Talk about disgusting...they rank right up there with maggots! * Posted by: Meig z5a IL (My Page) on Sat, Jul 19, 03 at 16:09 Most of these stories make me want to run and take a shower...my skin literally itches thinking about some of it...bleh! Others are making me laugh so hard I am crying. * Posted by: cadence 8b (My Page) on Sat, Jul 19, 03 at 17:50 You all have literally got me paranoid now. I just poured myself a nice cold coke and when I put the glass up to my lips, I stopped dead cold. Had to look into the glass first. LOL * Posted by: Yondertree Oregon coast (My Page) on Sat, Jul 19, 03 at 22:32 Yikes, I don't know whether to laugh or cry, like the time I was standing out in front of the place I work, talking to my boss, and a seagull dumped all over the shoulder of my coat. I never saw him laugh so hard, sadistic fellow, but it was one joke I couldn't laugh at. But this one still gives me chills: Once out in the garden, bending over, I felt a light touch of something softly running up my back. I looked up to see a hawk flying away, with a recently caught ground squirrel dangling from his talons! He was having trouble making his altitude fast enough, and that squirrel tail had brushed along my spine. * Posted by: Cleo1 6b (My Page) on Sat, Jul 19, 03 at 23:33 I always leave a 2 foot pail on the side of the house to collect weeds/garden cuttings. I threw stuff in the pail a few weeks ago and a mouse jumped up about a foot from inside the pail. Nearly gave me a heart attack. While I was pondering how it got in there and what I was going to do about it, my husband came home (HEHEHE). Told him I had a problem with my garden pail and stood back. It's ok, he does not have a heart problem, at least not that I know of. LOL... I never throw anything in the pail now without peeking first. * Posted by: sowngrow 8 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 20, 03 at 0:14 Wow-I'm sitting here with my feet on the rung of my desk chair (don't know what might crawl over them) laughing 'til I'm crying. I was intermittently feeling like I have something crawling on me and then scratching my arms during the entire thread! flytoxin you are TOO much! And Sandra, I have a frog phobia also. Of course people don't take that seriously when they are told. One day a neighbor boy who knew full well of my phobia, actually threw a frog, as hard as he could, at me while he stood in the street and I stood by my garage talking to his mother. Fortunately for me and that da*# kid, the frog missed me. * Posted by: butterbeanbaby z5 MO (My Page) on Sun, Jul 20, 03 at 9:07 Oh my God, y'all need to put a disclaimer on this "Do Not Read While Pregnant"... I'm laughing so hard my eyes are running, my four year old thinks I've lost it, my skin is crawling, I can't breathe and either my water just broke or I may have wet my pants!!!!! I can't read about flytoxin's sister or odonata's hubby's blacksnake boogie again or I'll have to go to the hospital for sure! My hubby goes absolutely bezerk if he sees a wasp... big ol' 250 lb man doing the heebie jeebie dance, then he grabs a shoe and dances around practicing killing it for about ten minutes, hits the wall and the floor and the furniture before I get tired of watching and walk up and smack it for him. He also tries to kill wolf spiders with the hammer. City raised apartment boy LOL. Not long after we moved to MO from CA, our cat was sitting behind the TV one day just hissing her brains out... hubby and I were both going "what the *heck* is wrong with that stuipd cat" so I looked back there... big ol' grass spider had cornered my 14 lbs kitty and she couldn't get away. Anything to do with maggots or snakes is bad enough, but those *gigantic* Missouri slugs pretty much do me in. First time I saw one I started screaming "SNAKE SNAKE" at my hubby. Those suckers are so big, you can't step on them. I can't even bring myself to salt them they so nasty. I need to go take a shower! * Posted by: prussell z6 TN (My Page) on Sun, Jul 20, 03 at 17:31 why, oh why, has no one mentioned possums yet?! * Posted by: odonata_va z7-8VA (My Page) on Sun, Jul 20, 03 at 19:59 Possums? live ones, dead ones or ones playing dead? * Posted by: odonata_va z7-8VA (My Page) on Sun, Jul 20, 03 at 20:24 I think I?m going to charge admission to the greatest show on earth.... My husband against the world of nature... I?m going to take him out in the woods, release him and then film his epic and panic filled run back to civilization... I kid you not, the gods of nature hate this man... What follows are true accounts: 6 mind you 6 counts of blood poisoning in 14 years from mosquito bites. Snake falls off the top of the screen door onto his neck. Snake falls out of a tree onto his neck Snake pretends to be a garden hose and gets picked up Snake lands on neck from birdhouse 9 snakes + 1 log + 1 stuuuuck canoe on log + two newlyweds (the male newlywed is rocking the canoe and the log and the snakes and screaming I quote "I SHOULD HAVE NEVER MARRIED YOU! YOU SHOULD HAVE MARRIED A PARK RANGER!)= Everyone in the water including 9 snakes. (Ever seen someone levitate before?) Beaver attacks boat, but only stern of boat where husband sits. (He wouldn?t let me steer the boat anymore once he figured out I steer towards the snakes) Husband on hike goes to pee off the side of the trail into a ditch and a deer runs out of the woods and knocks him over. Mountain lion follows us up trail Mountain lion follows us down the trail until a BEAR shows up. Tiger swallowtails at a 'puddle club' fly up and circle his head and manage to stick a butterfly foot into his eye.. you guessed it, eye becomes infected. He bought me walkie talkies for Christmas so we can stay in contact......... * Posted by: flytoxin z6a NJ (My Page) on Sun, Jul 20, 03 at 21:57 To Sowngrow: My oldest son was a small creature collector and had a habit of sticking them in his pockets and forgetting to take them out once he got home. Bet you didn't know that the majority of frogs can't make it through the laundry from start to finish. The rpms in the spin cycle literally rips them apart. Found that out a few times. Totally gross! Although tree frogs are a bit more durable wash wise, it's the dryer that finishes them off! You find them shrink wrapped like some ancient Colorform on the drum wall (and they don't peel off easy). It was the gifts from my son that finally taught me to check pockets before doing a load. To odonata: Put that poor husband of yours in a bubble, he's been through enough. * Posted by: lavatera 5/chgo (My Page) on Mon, Jul 21, 03 at 11:03 What a relief to read about so many others that have similar heebie jeebie triggers despite wanting to be outdoorsy or even gardeners! It was especially a relief after having spent yesterday morning at my sister-in-law's, in her fabulous garden as she casually picked off beetles from various rose bushes and other plants and proceeded to smash or vivisect them in her BARE HANDS! EEEWWW! And she was doing it like it was nothing. Of course so many times I've read gardening experts say that before you resort to using chemicals you should try the hand pick method. But besides her, I've never actually SEEN someone doing it and with such gusto. I stop at using a hose and then I just give up on an infestation figuring que sera, sera.... * Posted by: Chris_ont 5a Ont (My Page) on Mon, Jul 21, 03 at 11:16 So I'm happily dead-heading this morning. The earth smells heavenly after this rain, the robins are following me around hoping I'd unearth a worm or two, hum, whistle, happy sigh, pretty pretty garden. Clipping some damaged violet leaves, I put my finger into something squishy and fluffy. Poked it right into a big clump of spider eggs in the process of hatching. My hand was instantly covered in tiny baby spiders. I now know why dogs roll on the ground when they've encountered something unpleasant. * Posted by: Talamorgan z6 PA (My Page) on Mon, Jul 21, 03 at 12:08 Chris_ont, I would have DIED right there on the spot. I am absolutely terrified of spiders! * Posted by: ccsuzy z6 IN (My Page) on Mon, Jul 21, 03 at 12:15 Yesterday I walked out in the yard and was standing looking at our new backdoor and realized my foot was becoming covered in ants. Last night after turning off the hose (which the teenagers left on the day before when washing the car) I was sitting on the couch and tried to swat the fly on my leg - it was a slug, YUCK. Then this morning I found a reddish black thing on the back of my arm that looked like a scab, rubbed it and it stood up on end, yep, it was a tick.... * Posted by: Wild4Gardens 6 PA (My Page) on Mon, Jul 21, 03 at 17:36 OMIGOD, Odonata.. I am crying from laughing so loud! * Posted by: wingnutdad620 z6 RI (My Page) on Mon, Jul 21, 03 at 20:18 Ok, no funny story to go with this one but those BIG PINK YUCKY IRIS BORERS ARE GROSS! * Posted by: Triple_Creek z5 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 21, 03 at 21:23 Some of you people are just to funny. Thanks for the laughs. My garden Heebie Jeebies has to do with snakes. I used to be terrified of them, but since we built our house in the middle of 50 mostly wooded acres, I figure they were here first and am trying to cope. I can handle most of them but when it comes to the poisonous copperheads I draw the line. One day i decided to divide a daylily that had ajuga growing all around it and reached down to pull some of it back so I could see what I was doing. Well I guess the little copperhead under there thought I was trying to pick him up, and it bit me on the left pinkie.(they are poisonous) Can you say PANIC! Since I was home alone, I called the nearest neighbor. She said she would take me to the ER , but since her little ones were asleep, I decided to drive myself to where my DH was working not knowing if I was going to get sick or what. He took me on to the ER. I didn't die . LOL, just had to get a tetanus shot and had a swollen and painful hand for about a week. So I figure I can survive a bite but I still don't like them. This summer I was in the garden with my dog Keebler ( named for the Keebler Elves because he was a stray born in a hollow tree). Anyway, he gives his ?someone is here? bark but with a low growl at the end, so I come to check it out and there is a LARGE Shiny copperhead on the front walk. I went to get the hoe and when I got back I couldn't see it, but figured it went under the bush next to the walk. Couldn't flush it out with the hoe, so went for the 22. Still couldn't see it but shot into the bush anyway. It pops it head out and I shoot it. Sure I killed it with the first shot. But since snakes have a habit of wiggling for a while after they are dead. I target practiced for a while. When I related the snake story to my DH, he asked if I shot it in the head. My reply was, yes and everywhere else. He chuckled. I know they are gods creatures too, I just don't like them in such close proximity. * Posted by: ernie50 z7bGA (My Page) on Tue, Jul 22, 03 at 6:58 There's something admirable about a woman who shoots her own snakes. Kudos TC(and Keebler)! * Posted by Alex_z7 7 AL (My Page) on Tue, Jun 29, 04 at 11:43 Somehow, while doing a search on the whole site last night, the FAQ Gardening Heebie Jeebies showed up. It didn't have what I was searching for, but I can't tell you the last time I laughed that hard. I was telling my h about it when we got into bed last night, and I kept telling him stories as I remembered them. We were lying there, only 1 lamp on across the room, peacefully giggling about the creepies in the stories when suddenly something small jumps up and is flying for us on the bed! I screamed and yanked the covers up, trying to fend the creature off...... Just then I realized it had made a noise just before landing on my husband. Gee, it sounded like our cat. Now, our cat is not allowed in our bedroom because of my allergies. She has the upstairs of the house to herself and our big dogs have the downstairs. (She hates them. They love her and don't understand why she doesn't like them.) But she apparently gets lonely and feels left out so she crept across the living room and was sneaking into our bedroom. Once we finished laughing hysterically, I told her she needed to announce her presence BEFORE jumping on the bed like that. No response. I called her and cooed for her, no kitty. She had been so scared by my screaming that she had turned and run back through the living room (dog territory) and back upstairs! My h went to check on her and she huffily informed him that she was not amused, that she had lost one of her 9 lives to my scream, and that she was NOT going to grace us w/ her presence again tonight. Of course, tomorrow is another day.....