Tim didn't even pop a sweat when I snapped this pic.....I''m checking to see if the government has an interest. I'll keep you posted......


What a delightful visit to Tim and Jo Ann's retirement dream coming true;

Looks great! Thanks for posting pics!

Love the way those stones/semp areas meander through the yard. Very artistic!!!

Very nice, wish the Washington group could have visited but such a long drive ahead of us.

Thedreampool, curious minds want to know, who are you?
Maybe Jim or Kathy?

Well maybe not Jim then.

If TheDreamPool wants to remain anonymous, she has come to the wrong place. I roped Lynn and Kevin into visiting my house after the Miller's Manor trip. Lynn's sister, Kathy, was part of that group. She took quite a few pics while the rest of us were flapping our gums. The electronic thing, BTW, is the controller for my chicken coop's door. I programmed that microcontroller using the Arduino ecosystem.

Ohhhh, now we know...Thanks for snitching on Dream Pool, Tim!

I should've made it a "little" difficult to guess, but, even if Lynn and I didn't come together, you would've picked us out in a crowd!!!
What a Great Weekend and I love Lynn's friends, you're soo nice and comfortable to be with, Lynn's a good picker (of friends!! )
BTW, gov said "thanks for the pic of the "controller",,,,,,,,,they already got one from the Turks.......oh well Tim, nothing ventured, nothing gained
I'm going home and pamper my plants, cut out some grass under my front tree and plant semps and agave n things!!! I'm excited
Thank you all for a wonderful experience and fun filled weekend, see you again!

So happy to meet another family member of Lynn's.

Kathy, keep Cool in that over the top heat in Sacramento. Charming to have met you. I'll always remember you standing over 35 sizzling breakfast sausages...

Tim, I think the guys at TSA may be contacting you about the "chicken gate controller" as a possible terrorist device. Has the looks of the shoe bomber or something! Obviously kidding! My dad was an engineer and he grooved on all that sort of thing. He even created a whole foundry in order to produce blind holdbacks that matched the ones in Old Deerfield! I understand the engineer's mind even though I don't have one! It was great to see your planting area and I think it will be very cool when the semps are all in clumps.

Got a thousand more seedlings rowed out! Feels good!

Kevin

Since I have Jo Ann's camera that she left behind, I guess I should make sure it's in working condition. I've been thinking of getting something like this. It sure works better outdoors in the sun than my danged iTouch.

Here's 'Grammens' and 'Feuerrad' I got from Greg at the clinic. 'Feuerrad' has been sitting for a few days and I'm not quite finished tucking him in yet. But he'll be fine.


This camera seems to work pretty good... but I'd better take a few more pics just to make sure.

I'm sure Jo Ann would appreciate that Tim. Nothing worse than getting back a camera without epithelial cells or fingerprints on it...
Nice pictures, @Ricos Jo Ann!

You all are so funny.

Jo Ann (Ricos) Tim really is taking good care of your camera.

I took a few photos out in the beds today. The day has been wonderful for gardening.
I think this one is going to bloom out?

haha Kathy now we know!!! I was so curious but figured it had to be you!! (or someone who didn't go to Miller's)
Safe travels home and happy planting!!

Tim I'm sure you're going to love 'Grammens'

Lynn - I noticed Xandra what a lovely semp!

Thank you Greg, and she is so different colored this time of year, very dark.

I am so bad about not know how to use Facebook. Chris Hansen sent a message at 3:00 in the morning last Saturday. Here is the message below, I am so relieved that he is okay:

"Good Morning Lynn! Today's the BIG Clinic day, but I'm so sad to say that I'm still stuck here in Michigan. We are amazingly busy in our greenhouses and have shipped 2 semi-loads of Chick Charms this past week and we're loading another semi truck this morning at 8am. I didn't feel it was right for me to be gone traveling during all this craziness in our greenhouses. Sorry for the sad news, but please say hi to everyone and I'll definitely make sure to be in attendance next year! Have a FANTASTIC day!! Your friend, Chris"

Yeah, he is okay, just work overloaded.

Glad he is ok. I didn't see him in any of the clinic weekend photos so was wondering... Sound like business is doing good for him!

One last thing!

I'm sure you have all been studying my handout from the class but I would like input from you as to things I need to clarify or expand. I'll also take "nice explanation" if a section or sections ARE good. You can either treemail me or send an email to [email protected] Yes I play Eb clarinet!

Thanks so much!

Kevin

Yes Sir, Mr. Vaughn, right away sir!