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

[Lillie Pennington]

Wow. Awesome job.

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> On Sep 14, 2014, at 12:57 AM, Maria and Joe Chapman via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> HI.
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> well done cathy. congrats on the ribbons.
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> Cheers 
> Maria  
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> Produced on macbook probubbygirl1972 at gmail.com
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>> On 14 Sep 2014, at 12:57 pm, Cathy via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
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>> 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