Anita and Jo Ann, I love both of your works of art! I dearly love that Arilbred seedling, Anita, and I can tell how talented you are, Jo Ann -- Love that iris!
Well, I guess I should also do this, although I hate talking about myself. I live in Bakersfield, CA, and I worked at California State University, Bakersfield as a secretary/admin. operations analyst for 28 years and have been retired for a number of years now. I am married and have a stepson, Jason, who thankfully comes over a lot to help us with "projects," as we are at the point now where we're having trouble keeping up with everything. We have 1/3 acre that is basically on a hill with quite a few steps, so it's definitely getting interesting around here as I have some problems with my feet and legs as I'm "maturing." I used to hybridize miniature roses but gave that up back in the early '90's when I became totally immersed in quilting -- and now my quilting phase is fading and I've been into irises for the last six years or so and am starting my "daylily crazies," as Newyorkrita calls it. I'm trying a little daylily hybridizing this year, although I don't know where I'll put the seedlings when they germinate -- I have over 400 irises and 250+ daylilies now, and right now I'm potting everything up until I can figure out where I'm going to put everything. Needless to say, I get caught up wanting to have everything NOW and I'm definitely a porcrastinator -- better at coming up with ideas than follow-through, unfortunately. But at least I'm having a lot of fun!
