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| Hello all swappers and swappees, and all potential swappers,
I think everyone will agree that we had another very successful Spring Swap! We had 19 RMG posters, along with a few guests, for a total of 25 people (and I think there were a few significant others who didn’t sign in on the sign in sheet)! It was the largest attendance we’ve had yet—except for the Fall Swap ‘07, where we combined our swap with Olegreymare's swap from previous years. The weather turned out to be much better than the weathermen had predicted! We had broken clouds, with enough sun to keep it pleasantly warm all afternoon! No rain at all! The food was wonderful, and we didn’t wind up with mostly desserts this time! But whoever brought the chocolate covered strawberries and blueberries—thank you!!! LOTS of other good things! My plate wasn’t big enough to try them all! Not to mention my stomach! (And I HAD to save room for the chocolate strawberries and blueberries—and chocolate cake! Did I mention that I love chocolate! There were lots of great plants—annuals, veggies, and perennials! I think everybody got something they really wanted—and more in the free-for-all! It was fun! Those of you in the Denver area who couldn’t/didn’t make it to this swap, plan ahead for the Fall Swap. Here are some of the pictures from the Spring Swap. If you want to see them all, click on the first one and arrow forward thru all of them. Spring Swap — arriving and starting to eat!
Food!
Desserts!
Eating!
Some of the available plants! (The ones people earmarked earlier were in other places!)
Picking numbers for first and second rounds of picks — the numbers were in the red cup!
Telling what we brought!
Then we did the two rounds of "first picks," and then we had the
Lots of behinds! Everybody’s too busy to worry about where the camera is!!!
Not swapping just now, but—Charlene and child (one of two!)
And—Pablo and friend! (Jennifer had the camera!!!) There were also 3 dogs and a few kids there this time!
It truly was a fun time again, and, whether you’ve been to a past swap or not, consider coming to the Fall Swap—location to be determined! I’m just finishing that bottle of wine! No! It wasn’t full when I started—if anybody read the "Swap Thank You" thread!—but I couldn’t leave just a little bit in the bottle—could I??? I don’t do very well with putting names together with faces (Bonnie, I WOULD have recognized you if you hadn’t had the sun glasses on!), but I hope to see a lot of you again at another swap. Thank you Charlene for hosting again, and thank you ALL for helping to make this another successful swap,
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| Hi all, I just posted this on the "Swap thank you" thread, and I'm gonna post it here too! I seem to have come home with fewer of the black plastic plant trays than I arrived with! I really, really need them to grow stuff in and to carry stuff around in for the swaps, so if you wound up with one—or more—would you please keep them and bring them back to the Fall Swap so I can get them back to use again? I use them to move stuff around my yard when I’m growing it before the swap, and with as much as I bring, it would be impossible to handle it all without the trays to put it in. Thank you all, I really appreciate it, |
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- Posted by catladysgarden z5 CO (My Page) on Mon, May 11, 09 at 12:43
| Wow! I missed the whole thing this year. I thought I was on the mailing list for the swap, but I guess not. I'll keep in touch for the Fall one. Our Open Garden will be on July 18th this year. I'll be posting something here. If anyone wants to receive a flyer, please contact me. Karen |
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| I'm very impressed with the organization! And the food! Looks like a great time for everyone. |
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- Posted by mayberrygardener z5a, Broomfield, CO (My Page) on Tue, May 12, 09 at 19:57
| A great time was had by all--even the dogs! Thanks for posting the pics, skybird! |
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