Galanthus February 2009

[Alan_b]

I would have been nice to see who was there?

Oh, Anthony, don't tell me you weren't there yourself!  You were the one who got me to wear the scarf.

[Maggi Young]

Crikey, what a bunch, you didn't even all manage to meet up, it seems   Too busy shopping, I'll wager. And you grab a passer by to take the photo ....   Mrs Q could have snapped you, or one of the other significant others.....dear me, I despair

Who is speaking to Mark in Brian's David's photo titled "What no hat" ? Mark is the one with his back to the camera in a cream woolly jumper ....

[Anthony Darby]

I would have been nice to see who was there?

Oh, Anthony, don't tell me you weren't there yourself!  You were the one who got me to wear the scarf.

Alas no, for all the good it did me.

[Martin Baxendale]

Here is a clump of poculiform elwesii that a friend found in a
garden that she maintains. 

She has lent me the potful so I can get some seeds from them.

WOW, Diane!! I didn't see your pics of the poculiform elwesii until just now, having left early yesterday evening for the snowdrop gala (Friday 13th night in a hotel nearby as I hate early starts and would have had to get up at 5 in the morning to drive down on the day). Again, WOW!!!  If you have any spare pollen when you've done your crosses, I know some nice elwesii in my garden that would love to have your pocs' babies!   

[Martin Baxendale]

Alan B, David Quinton, Jo, moi, Martin Bax, Emma 'Thick Gardener' and many lurkers

To all those who are expecting me at the CGS snowdrop day I apologise now because I will not be there. So many sad faces today. There will be another year.

Steve Owen was there too.

[Martin Baxendale]

I really must stop wearing my full-length cashmere coat to snowdrop events. I saw a photo of myself on someone's digital camera at Myddelton House. I was crouching down a bit to look at a snowdrop clump and I have to agree with the photographer that I look like I might have a spade hidden under the coat! Actually, come to think of it...

[johnw]

I look like I might have a spade hidden under the coat! Actually, come to think of it...

So that's the ace up your sleeve.

johnw

[Martin Baxendale]

I look like I might have a spade hidden under the coat! Actually, come to think of it...

So that's the ace up your sleeve.

johnw

     Just spent much too long trying to come up with a card game type riposte, but I've got nothing. Hang on. No, nothing. 

[ranunculus]

SNAP!!!!! 

[Martin Baxendale]

SNAP!!!!! 

   Okay, I'm obviously much too tired after the galanthus gala and all that driving to play this game. All I can say is...nope, still nothing. I'm going to bed (I must need some sleep, I just typed 'going' twice as 'goign').

[johnw]

Martin can't 'Trump' that one.

And with that to London.

[KentGardener]

That's the one.  Looking at it again I have a horrible feeling it may be a SRGC forum member!   

John

Well spotted John, it's me!

I thought as much - I recognised your ......                hat and the Mrs.  

[KentGardener]

I'm just in the door and can report we have long lost 'brothers' on the forum. Two of the boys are soooo alike. What do they think? We had the time to do a forum members photo shoot but it didnt happen

Which two Mark?

John

[mark smyth]

I'll let them answer first  They maybe didnt see the resemblence. I should have taken the camera out

[Martin Baxendale]

I'm just in the door and can report we have long lost 'brothers' on the forum. Two of the boys are soooo alike. What do they think? We had the time to do a forum members photo shoot but it didnt happen

Which two Mark?

John

I think Mark's talking about me and David Quinton. I recall a comment to that effect, but I think it was just because we both have short hair; apart from that, David's a handsome, fine figure of a young man and I'm well...as Mark so succinctly put it "Martin! You've changed a lot since I saw you last!"  True, very true. The picture in the attic stopped working some years ago.