[Nfb-krafters-korner] OT: my garden club's fiftieth anniversary

[Maria and Joe Chapman]

HI.

well done cathy. congrats on the ribbons.

Cheers 
Maria  

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On 14 Sep 2014, at 12:57 pm, Cathy via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I am happy to share the good news that I did win some ribbons today at the
> show. but before I tell you about them I wanted to let you know that the
> show overall is a great success. I was there when it open and stayed for 2
> hours and during that brief time we had over 100 visitors come through. The
> show was open for 2 more hours today and for 4 hours tomorrow, so our
> visitor total should be good. I heard lots of wonderful comments from people
> after seeing the show.
> Now for my ribbons:
> The hobby exhibit I described to you was not judged and I didn't hang around
> the craft table, so don't know what anyone thought of it.
> For the flower design I described to you with the dried lotus pods, yarrow,
> and other things, I received a white ribbon, (an honorable mention meaning
> that I received at least 75 points out of 100 for it). I am somewhat
> disappointed, but oh well.
> My blue aster received a blue ribbon (meaning that I scored more than 90
> points.) I am very pleased because these daisy-like asters grow in bunches
> and are so pretty.
> Next my yellow daisy mum receive a blue ribbon along with an award of merit.
> (the award of merit indicated that I had the best mum out of all the mum
> varieties. shown) 
> I purchased that particular plant last year and the very night I planted it,
> the deer ate every blossom. This year I beat the deer to the flowers.
> Next, My collection of three mints, peppermint, spearmint, and catmint
> received a yellow ribbon, (meaning I scored at least 80 points. My mints are
> common and there were mints shown like pineapple mint, chocolate mint and
> orange mint which are more unusual, so those scored higher.
> Lastly, I had a grouping of five herbs and I received a white ribbon for
> that. I really had hoped for a red or yellow ribbon at least because my
> herbs are my pride and joy, but for whatever reason I did not get enough
> points.
> 
> So that is the story on the flower show. other than to say that I spent four
> hours last night checking in every one's entries into my computer. So a long
> night. But I have all the info needed to write a nice article for our garden
> club newsletter and to submit data for our club to compete for best garden
> club of the state or even the nation.
> 
> Cathy F
> 
> 
> 
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