Viewing post #97867 by magnolialover

You guys are so sweet and I mean that wholeheartedly. The trouble with going to a show like this is that you see how *perfect* everything is there and then you go home to closely (closer than ever before) examine your peonies and you find little tiny bugs or gnats on them after a nice rain that left them slightly droopy You look at "slightly overspent" blooms and those are out too. How the folks bring them from any distance, I have no idea. I cut them (the best I could, based on the class Donna and I took) and thought, if they are junk it's no big deal. 45 minutes from home to a show vase. And Miss Alana was very helpful as was "my assistant" Donna and some other show folks that were hanging out helping newbies like me.

What else could could show you that miracles do happen ? I was humbled to even have a couple of peonies on those tables really.