Hi, Carrie!

(waving waving waving)

Great to "meet" you!

Hi Carrie, nice to meet ya! Where were you that they have a pond large enough for those Victoria Lilies?

Pam

Yes, it is nice to orthern San Antonio.

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Pam, that's at our Civic League Park, I've linked it below. Thanks for letting me know what they are, hubs & I think they're cool but I could've sworn they were bigger last year.

p.s. I started this thread because of the bees, bees one in the gallery, hopefully some of you won't be too shy to put up pics of yourself here, I like knowing who makes us chuckle/helps us/who finally used roundup.

Here is a link that might be useful: water lily gardens in San Angelo

Welcome! I like your picture! PJ

Welcome! Great pic. Looks like a fun place to visit.

Sally

Hi Carrie, nice to meet you. Great pics.

Here's one of me a couple of months ago standing in front of a hot house I really wish I had. This was on our road trip with Jolana and PJ. That's why my mouth is open. probably saying. "Can we get this in the car"?

Hi Carrie

This is a pic of Carolann, me and the *other Carrie* LOL
I wanted to make sure it was okay to post it.
This was taken at her beautiful place

Love your pic

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Hello, Carrie. I'm Jim in Alvin.

This is so much fun ---- hi, Jim, glad to meet you!!!!!

Hey, Carrie,
I'm J.D.

Carrie!

Zitro, that's what people actually call me. I live down the block

Carol, can you post my pic pretty please!!! I like the one with me and Jolana sitting on the cement bench at the first nursery we visited near her place! TIA I owe ya! PJ

PJ, is this the one you wanted?
Jim

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Ya'll are all just such cute, gorgeous, clever, handsome, and beautiful people and all look just like I thought you would -- NICE :-))))) But it gives me a warm feeling to really see your faces ...

Zitro_Joe - Is that picture taken in Big Bend? Sure is nice scenery there in the background.

Denise,

It was taken at Sandia Peak in Albuquerque, NM. I spent 12 days there, I will post some pics in a another thread.

Z_Joe

Thanks bossjim! I'm still gathering up my courage to learn to size pics so I can post them less than poster sized! LOL!
My guess on Zitros pic was Flaggstaff,AZ. Darn! Both are just beautiful country. I have never been in the mountains of NM.
What a handsome group we are aren't we Rosalee! LOL! PJ

Carrie, Jolana and Alison at Carol Ann's swap in April.

Hi, I'm Heather and I have been moving all around Texas: Houston, Waco, DFW and I will be in San Antonio next year for grad school.

http://s122.photobucket.com/albums/o274/Jirotrom/?action=view&current=grad4.jpg

Heather

Here is a link that might be useful:

Lets see if i can post it this way,

Heather

Ooops missed a space. 3rd time is the charm

It looks like you got a botany degree! LOL! Congrats! PJ

pjtexgirl-

Actually, my degrees are in Social Work and Economics with Interpreting on the side (ASL). I didn't discover that I REALLY loved gardening until the last semester before graduation. Haha

That picture was taken in Boerne, Texas by the creek (right next to my parents ranch). I am headed back down there in two weeks and I plan on stopping by that spot to see if I can seed snatch any Firemans cap pods for my mom (the red ones in the photo). Does that meam I am going to commit a premeditated crime? :)

Heather

J.D. can tell you stories about premeditated plant crimes...

joe
At least it looks like Heather can run.
Heather - just for future reference, it's very difficult to run with a 30 gal root balled bald cypress through swamp - just for reference.
; - )
J.D.

That is good info for her to know, JD !!!!

Depends on what's in the water...I'll bet a person could get some momentum with fear.... just a thought. PJ

Haha...I did march with a sousaphone for 5 years (and played the tuba for 8); even though i've been swimming for 20 years the swan and turtles are pretty scary. Thankfully seeds are small enough to fit in your hand.

Heather

P.S-
J.D. Would you care to elaborate?

Heather

Ok everybody, she asked.....

During a golfing weekend in Louisiana, on the TX border I 'gathered' a few specimen last April. Now, keep in mind that I play golf about twice a year - my game is NOT good, but it does afford me plenty of opportunity in the rough to look for balls - and diverse flora. My bag has a putter and a 4 iron - all of the rest are fake. I cut the heads off and glued them into a hinged door so I can flip the top back exposing potting soil, 4" pots, rooting hormone, and a small amount of water in the bottom of the bag.

I was having an exceptionally fine game (translation: I had gathered many interesting cuttings) at this 'hoity toity' golf resort when the grounds keeper finally was on to me. (I was a little too bold on the 18th next to the club house) Almost had the entire bottlebrush in the bag when he hollered. Throwing the bag in the cart I took off, but the B&B bald cypress kept hanging on low limbs and stuff. I was almost home free when I tripped him up with my putter (I've still got an arm), but his cousin (the sheriff) was at the entrance to the club.

Lessons Learned:
1) bib overalls are a dead give away as golfing attire
2) electric golf carts don't have any guts (demand gas/4wheel drive)
3) 15' bald cypress are difficult to strap into a golf cart
4) Boudreaux and Thibodeaux don't like Texans in their parish jail
5) Jim will just laugh and ask, 'how you coming on those beds?'
6) Carrie and mel will bail you out if you till 2 1/2 acres for them (manure included)

And that's the whole truth.

J.D.

JD. My face hurts from laughing so hard.

Oh Heather, you had to ask, didn't you?
Jim

Yeah, Heather, aren't you glad you asked?????

Yeah, I needed a good laugh just after my finals. My roommate got a good laugh as well (at me) just after I read your post.

You see, I sit on an exercise ball when I am on my desktop PC instead of a regular chair. Unfortunately, when you are laughing so hard that your face/stomach hurt(s) you loose your balance as your arms go flailing backwards (and you land butt first on your floor looking up at the ceiling). Needless to say, my roommate walked by just at the right time.

Heather

Wow! Exercising while on the computer!! Dang!
JD, you are like totally nuts,dude! LOL!
Where are the pics anyways????PJ

PJ,
You say that as if you don't believe me!
; - )
J.D.

JD I would never think such a thing. You are the Texas 007 (complete with secret compartment golf bag) of gardening! PJ

Hehe, PJ, I like that one --- JD, Texas 007!!!!!

LOL J.D.

They say that a good friend will bail you out of jail but a really good friend will be sitting beside you in jail saying "da*n that was fun"!

Carol Ann, are you saying that Mel and I aren't "good friends" to JD????? LOL

No, I'm just saying that I'd probably be the one sitting next to J.D. in jail after we empty the seeds from our pockets. lol

I hope you can afford to bail us both out.

I think you could use the exercise ball to help float the cypress out of the swamp.
JD, how many times do I have to tell you? CAMOflauge overalls! If you'd stuck a couple of crawfish out of your pockets you'd have been OK.
That's why I only golf at night. And that bag is really tall enough for most plants, especially when you put those little socks on them, it helps to disguise them. I took those club thinggies & used them to stake up plants, they took up too much room in the bag...
Tally HO!

Yeah, Tally, camo would have been better. The night golf doesn't work for me - I told the golf pro I was blind so it didn't matter if I played at night. He didn't believe me.
J.D.