Hi Jeanne, I would like to join this month.

My horse- Catching Freedom

Birthday- January

Could I have a letter T please?

July Fourth

Letter s

Well, Ruth made a guess, I am going to guess as well

BABY SHOWER

That's correct! 1 point for Annie. I'm going to have to learn to check the board more often. Sorry about that. When my younger daughter was pregnant we had a horse/carousel theme for the shower and I had a carousel on the cake. If I find the picture, I will post it.

Update: I think I missed Annie's post so I gave the 1 point to her. Thanks for clearing that up. I never realized overseeing this game is quite complicated!

Welcome to the swap, Amy. The horse I added for you is Just A Touch. Adding your information.

Horses that were selected by you:

Nicole - Forever Young

Ruth - Mystic Dan

Annie - Endlessly

Margo - Fierceness

Jeanne - Sierra Leone

Amy - Catching Freedom

ADDING A SECOND HORSE FOR YOU

Nicole - Stronghold

Ruth - West Saratoga

Annie - Grand Mo the First

Margo - Just Steel

Jeanne - Catalytic

Amy - Just a Touch

Swapping this Month:

Jeanne - March

Nicole - December

Ruth - April

Margo - January

Annie - June

Amy - January

Here's Question #2.

Horsemen began to use the carousel concept in the 12th century to do what?

(3 words: first is 7 letters, second is 3 letters), third is 6 letters)

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Heading to bed in a few minutes and I have a 9:30 am class in the morning, but if I get up early enough I'll check on any guesses in the morning. Otherwise I'll check in closer to lunch time. I forget my good guessers we have.

Question 2 - letter A please

Jeanne, didn't Annie get that one # 1. with BABY SHOWER ?

letter E please

Question # 2.....how about a P

_p_/___/_e_/_p_/ _a_/ ___/ _e_/***** ___/ ___/ ___/ ***** __/_a_/___/___/___/_e_/

Group, I have a new appreciation for how well Annie keeps up with this game!

How about an r

Annie, you never know. I recorded and watched the Kentucky Oaks races today. Lots of unexpected results!

Adding "r"

_p_/_r_/_e_/_p_/ _a_/ _r_/ _e_/***** ___/ ___/ _r_/ ***** __/_a_/___/___/___/_e_/

Prepare for battle

Ruth, good call.

Ruth is a on roll!!!

You got the correct answer for the word game, Ruth!

1 for Annie, 1 for Ruth

Sorry to be so late logging in. I went to a wonderful plant swap today in Garner and spent the morning getting my plants separated and packaged and then the swap, getting back home, unloading the plants (seriously think I came home with at least 35 if not more - this is such a wonderful swap) then I had recorded both the Oaks and Derby races so I was watching the last part of the Derby so I could post the results. Long day and busy, but lots of fun. I watched lots of beautiful horses.

The Derby winner was Mystik Dan, second Sierra Leone, third Forever Young. If you didn't get to see it, all three came in at the same time. Photo finish with Mystik Dan declared the winner. I think this might be the first time our selections had someone who won 1-3.

Ruth - 1st

Jeanne - 2nd

Nicole - 3rd

Congratulations! Ruth and Nicole will get a prize. (I don't think I'll bother to get a prize for myself. Annie, your assigned horse Grand Mo the First beat my assigned horse Catalytic.)

Okay another carousel question. This one is:

Another name for a carousel is ______.

(3 words: first is 5 letters, second is 2 letters), third is 5 letters)

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Hope everyone had a good day. Whew, I watched all the Oaks races yesterday (had recorded 5 hours worth) and I think Derby coverage was also 5 hours but I've only watched the last 3 races so far. They were predicting rain here today but very little fell although it was cloudy most of the day. Tomorrow is supposed rain also so I doubt I will go to HerbFest which will be here in Cary --- although it may have been called off due to the rain. I haven't checked. I certainly will check before I go if I decide to try it if the rain stops.

Another name for carousel is MERRY GO ROUND

Congratulations Ruth, Jeanne and Nicole

I did have real money on MYSTIK DAN....nice win!!

Letter R please

congrats ruth and jeanne

Annie got the correct answer. (Merry Go Round) Trying to think of a harder one for the next carousel question.

Annie 2 Ruth 1

A bit rainy here today but we need the rain. I think last week was a bit too busy for me. Trying to take it easy most of today. I did pot up my Blue Pearl Impatiens and Salvia St. John's Fire. Wish these seedlings would get some size on them. It might be quite awhile before they can move from the kitchen and screened porch to being fully outdoors. More hot days ahead.

Congrats to the winners! Annie, Nicole, Ruth, and Jeanne!

Jeanne, please send some rain my way, its really dry here!

Hope you all have a great week!

Amy, we had a full day of rain here yesterday and it was much needed. Resulted in HerbFest in Cary being cancelled but that was okay. I had plenty to do at home. I'll try to post another Carousel Word Game question a bit later. This week and next week are very busy for me so thanks for dealing with some delays each time before I fill in correct letters guessed.

So sorry I've been a bit slack with things. Having some health concerns recently and don't want to go into the details here. However, tomorrow is the last day to sign up for this month's swap so if anyone else wants to join in, let us know. Did I miss anyone?

Swapping this Month:

Jeanne - March

Nicole - December

Ruth - April

Margo - January

Annie - June

Amy - January

We've gotten quite a bit of rain this week - so happy for the plants. It had been really dry.

Here's another carousel question.

In what park and in what NC city is there a carousel that's listed on the National Register of Historic Places?

(3 words: first is 6 letters, second is 4 letters), third is 7 letters)

___/___/___/___/ ___/___/ *****___/___/ ___/ ___/ **in ** __/___/___/___/___/___/___/ NC

Jeanne, Hope you feel better!

Is there a E?

Filling in the E's.

(3 words: first is 6 letters, second is 4 letters), third is 7 letters)

___/___/___/___/ _E_/___/ *****___/___/ ___/ ___/ **in ** __/___/___/_E_/___/___/___/ NC

And it's time for our partners!

Jeanne and Amy will send to each other

Nicole and Margo will send to each other

Ruth and Annie will send to each other

It may be worthwhile to send your address to your partner "just in case". I think I need to update the membership list soon.

I just want to mention that if you have gardening friends who might like to join you might mention FOTESS to them. The pleasure of this group is that if you sign up for a swap, you get your swap package/envelope in all cases that I know of. We want to get larger, but we want dependable members.

I should be posting again soon but if not Happy Mother's Day and I hope everyone has something special to do this weekend!

I will guess the 2nd word to be Park and the city to be Raleigh. May I have an M

I think I have been here....

My guess is PULLEN PARK in RALEIGH, NC

Ruth, I didn't fill in your guess of M. You did have Park and Raleigh correct, but then Annie guessed the entire place. I have been to Pullen Park but only to attend a play there in a building on the grounds. I will have to go back one day and walk around more and see the carouel. I had no idea some carousels would be included on the National Register of Historic Places.

So far: Annie 3, Ruth 1 for the carousel game.

Here's another to guess. What was the name of the play that I attended at Pullen Park?

(3 words: first is 4 letters, second is 3 letters, third is 5 letters)

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In case some don't get to check in over the weekend, Happy Mother's Day to all!

I am going to guess the play "GUYS AND DOLLS"

Happy Mothers Day to each of you..hoping you have a lovely day with your family/friends!!.

I ordered something today so not sure when nicoles swap will go out but it should be by the end of the month.

Sorry not to have been on earlier. My younger daughter and her family came over to celebrate Mother's Day with me today so I was out grocery shopping, then cleaning, then cooking. Dinner was delicoius and they planted 3 of my plants for me while they were here and brought fresh picked strawberries for our dessert.

Annie, not GUYS AND DOLLS, but that sure had the right amount of letters in each of the words. I guess maybe someone will want to guess letters tomorrow.

Happy Mother's Day, everyone. I will have some good leftovers for tomorrow.

Happy Mothers Day to everyone.

It's a dark, rainy day here. I think it rained most of the night also.

I will guess Blue Man Group. I haven't seen this, but I keep seeing it pop up on FB.

Sorry, Ruth - not Blue Man Group. Interesting how the number of letters in each word is matching up with other plays! You can still guess a letter to be filled in if you like.

How about a "T"....

Blue Man Group....have not heard of this. Better check it out!

Happy day girls!!

2 "T's"

(3 words: first is 4 letters, second is 3 letters, third is 5 letters)

___/___/_T_/___/*****_T_/___/ ___/*****___/___/___/___/___/

Can I have an H please

How about an "A"?

Adding the "H" and there is no "A".

(3 words: first is 4 letters, second is 3 letters, third is 5 letters)

___/___/_T_/___/*****_T_/_H_/ ___/*****___/___/___/___/___/

Keep it going, ladies!

can i get an E

An "E"

(3 words: first is 4 letters, second is 3 letters, third is 5 letters)

___/___/_T_/___/*****_T_/_H_/ _E_/*****___/___/___/___/___/

Now we have one word spelled!

Hey Jeanne, have we ever heard of this play????? LOL!

C please

Can i get a R please?

How about an I (as in Is)?? TY!

Nicole, no "R".

Annie, 1 "I" And I don't know if you will have heard of this play. I had not but I don't follow along with plays and only know the ones everyone knows.

Ruth, no "C"

(3 words: first is 4 letters, second is 3 letters, third is 5 letters)

_I_/___/_T_/___/*****_T_/_H_/ _E_/*****___/___/___/___/___/

We have one word spelled!

Can I get a letter L?

"Into The Woods"

Ruth...perfect guess!! Good job!!