Viewing post #344847 by gwhizz

I made a bold public statement, more than a month ago, that this would be the 'best' Claremont lily show ever..!..Not long after that, the weather gods, fired in every possible negative, extreme heat,weeks of non stop wind, fires and cold snaps and many a curse flew from my lips,., ..very worrying, concerns were raised about few entrants and entries,.Come Friday, I became concerned as I was one of the early entrants, but upon my arrival ,with a 2nd truckload of entries, faith was restored,Many entries and of an extremely high standard., ..Saturday proved even better, even though I saw little of it, as I was preparing refrigerated liliums from as far as 13 days earlier,. but at closing of entries and commencement of judging, I realised, the 'quality' bar had been raised and this was going to be a 'brutal' show of 'the best',.Good publicity 'both days' meant good attendance, Sunday's, doubling Saturday,.,.you little beauty,.I managed a champion stem entry and many a win in seedling flower, asiatic flower, trumpet flower and seedling stem and trumpet stem, 2 wins with Dahlias,.,Coming home Sunday eve, covered in pollen, exhausted, running on adrenalin, with a packet of Larry Daihl's Thunderbolt cross seeds, somebody slipped me..Am I happy?-You Betcha