So did I miss something this winter?

9 years ago

Can anyone tell me what happened to Irina or Whitelacey (Linda,) neither of whom have posted in months? I've noted Joann mention several times "the experts who used to post here" but no other clues have been forthcoming. I've tried to search the forum to see if I could determine exactly when they dropped off, but it's hard to tell - sure wish the darn search function would put things in chronological order!
So was there some big secret I missed or does no one know? I was thinking about the spring round robin and without Linda, I wonder if there will even be one? Anyway, more important is that I sure hope they (both Linda and Irina) are OK!

Anne

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terrilou
9 years ago
Linda is with us! She has initiated the round robin on Exchanges. I don't know about Irina except that her interests seemed to be moving from violets to the other gesneriads.
AnneCecilia z5 MI
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9 years ago
Gee Whiz, Terri - how could I have missed that post on the spring RR on Exchanges?! And I thought I looked it over carefully, too. Huh. Well, chalk it up to a senior moment. Glad to see Linda will still be steering the Round Robin yet again this year. :-)

Good tip on Irina's doings...that makes sense. I'll take a look for her over on the Gesneriad forum. Thanks!
Anne
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fortyseven_gw
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Hi, yes, I was happy to see Linda on the exchange section. Irina write a while back that due to changes in her family's health needs and a woman relative, a cousin, moving in with a huge collection, she was going to be Very Busy!
She probably is too busy to contribute. At least we have archives to refer to.
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AnneCecilia z5 MI
Original Author
9 years ago
Oh, thanks for that additional info on Irina, Joanne. I can understand how life changes and you just get busy and out of your old habits.
But I always wonder when someone who regularly posts on the GW forums I frequent suddenly drops off the page. Sometimes you just never find out...it's a fragile link between us all here.
Anne
sueok_gw
9 years ago
Thank you for this info! I've been missing these ladies, too!

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fortyseven_gw
9 years ago
Hi, I did not see the original question when I posted above. Sometimes, the posts take a while to load. Irina made an announcement why she was not able to post regularly. I think she and others also mentioned other gessie forums.
When I posted and tried to give credit to those who mentored me, I realized I should stop referring to "experts" by name in case anyone wanted to Search for them but might just bump into my Posts in error and get frustrated!
Linda probably also got really busy, too.
Or sometimes people migrate to other Forums for a while.
For myself, life was very hectic for the past 9 months, with my collection showing symptoms of limited care, especially the last 3 colder months.
Joanne
Karin
9 years ago
I used to write here more often, then I discovered the bratpack forum, then Facebook. Funnily enough, the specialized forums are more personal (if you can call an online message board that) than Facebook. But there are more images....
Overall, every once in a while I try to spend more time in the real world. And I assume other people do as well. Yes, I miss the "old faces" too though.

If you want to get a rise out of Linda, just start calling your potting medium "dirt" ;-p

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fortyseven_gw
9 years ago
Seems I joined other forums years ago but then stopped growing AVs for about 3 or 4 years ago but never followed up. That was pre Facebook days. I like this GW forum because it is public and easy to read other topics. There seem to be more U tube videos on AV care at all levels of expertise. Joanne

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