OO Carol what happened? I was really hoping you would make it to this one... Linda is having trouble getting on line with this doe commercial again but is still comming.. Cora , Kristen, Brian & Christine.. would any of yo be able to bring along some 2 liters of drinks? I went to the store and forgot drinks.,,,lol Figures wall world and $200 withou getting anything to drink! Well at least they were not busy.. Well Im getting everything together and Im sure I will be working after dark so I may not be able to post again until later.. See you all tomarrow! P.S. Im making a few signs for key turning points to help you all find your way.. Parking alongside the street is fine and the driveway should fit at least 3-4 cars.. We dont get alot of traffic on my road.. Donna

Well, crud! I don't have any plant tags for my plants, so if you guys want to BYOPT, you can, or maybe I can just write on plants. I am only bringing some tiny milkweed seedlings, a tetrapanax, a hardy begonia, and books to look at re: butterflies. One is the book for Oklahoma butterflies. Oh, and the hops rhizomes. I don't need anything, but just look forward to meeting everyone! If anyone wants cuttings of the following, let me know. I'll check the forum in the morning. Hydrangea quercifolia (oakleaf hydrangea), itea virginica 'Little Henry', a silybum mariana (white-veined St Mary's thistle), agastache foeniculum, salvia nemerosa 'Pink Friesland', nepeta 'BLue Wonder', lavendar 'Provence', achillea 'Coronation Gold', a start of Iris 'Sierra Blue', a cutting of hydrangea 'Frau Reiko' (I think I can get one off my plant), moneywort lime green, a start of eupatorium 'Gateway'. I will try to obtain these before I come. Susan

I too enjoyed our meeting. It was fun and great to see everyone again. I must say, this is a genuine friendly group. I too looking forward to meet next time. I hope we get to do this at least every 6 months or less. Ooops, we forgot to take pictures. We were too busy chatting, eating and laughing :) Next year, we need to drag Ravencajun and her DH to the Rodeo! It's such a big and fun event. Living in Houston, she needs to experience it at least once.

well, it's almost quiet around here... at least the little kids are in day care/play care lol man, do they have a full schedule with field trips. it's almost like they hardly spend a single day there, with all the places they go, even as far as to Seattle. that's amazing, considering the cost of gas, volunteers to help out and the keeping track of a couple dozen kids. zoos, parks, skating, museums, stores, movies...it made me tired, just to read the calendar. when a 10 year old is looking forward to spending the summer in day care, you know they're doing a good job. I kinda feel sad that my own kids stayed home all summer but then I remember the fun things we did, around the yard and neighborhood. now, on to more plans... I live in walking distance to the state office, where the vital statistics are located and can get a copy of my birth certificate in less than 10 minutes.. how convenient is that? do you remember when I posted the pictures of Little and Lewis, back on garden junk?..only to have them deleted by spike, cuz they were considered copyright material, even though I took the pictures. I called them, on Bainbridge and he indeed did prefer that no one post pictures, so it was ok with me... however, I can send an email to you, with my own private folder of them... and if I'm on top of things, I can bring my cd of photos, too, from that day. I really also want to go there, again. things always change and the yard is twice the size now. it's kinda funny that you should post a picture of that house, that the lady had the coffee shop. it's been in the last month, that I have considered painting my house a different color. I saw a house about 40 minutes from me, that I think is an awesome color...it's a plum color, with cream trim..I just thought it was so different, without being too harsh. now you show me a two-tone blue house, with red trim and a touch of lavender ...oh, heart be still!!! my moss green, light kelp color house will never be enough for me again.lol (you know, I just realized that all of this should be on the conversation side) so, I will identify the reason it's here... ****notice****** get together, in the name of mosaic crafting, to ensure all who love stained glass and mosaics, have the benefit of combined efforts to bring the enjoyment to others, through a cross cultural get together... a meeting of the minds, for all to be inspired. think that will satisfy the forum chiefs? hey, I just looked at the calendar... this is coming up FAST! Becky .(*_*).