I'm Off , for better or worse

I will be packing up the plants and heading off to the show in the next couple of hours, but can you believe I still don't know how many plants will make the final cut and be entered into the show?! I wanted to be optimistic, and I'd love to say that there are so many more that finally came into their own in the past two or three days, but no. Not really. I'm confident that the extra light, warmth and humidity did help, though. I had every intention of leaving the stand lights on all last night, but the birds (even though covered,) decided to sing at 2:30 in the morning. I was way too tired to search the house for another darker cover. It was a lot easier to just turn out the light! How's that for lazy? 

Even though I'm disappointed and don't feel as though I have a good representation of the quality of show plants I'm capable of producing, I still love the process and the challenge of showing. Even when it doesn't go as planned, I still learn and enjoy it. And even if I don't come home with a bunch of ribbons, it was still worth it. I can't wait to see all the other lovely show plants and make a new list of my "wants." I'm also looking forward to hearing Barbara Pershing's informative talk. I promise to take lots of pictures at the show. And even after the show is over, keep checking back, because I know I will have a lot of show plant flunkies that I will definitely want to show off in the next couple weeks. Some of them are going to be knock-outs! Cheers!