March 10, 2009
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Could that be spring?
Hey Friends!
In every business there are peak times and their are times when you can take a breather. Usually, in my business, that time is January through February. People are tucked into their warm homes waiting for the Robins to arrive. I sort of feel like wishing that spring would arrive right around February 15th. Right about that time I have had it with the cold blue days of winter. This year, we have been busier than normal which is good! I tend to work better when under pressure.
So, of course with great anticipation AGAIN, I headed off to the Philadelphia Flower Show. We went the day after the big snow storm which may have been a mistake. Thinking it would be best to arrive later in the afternoon, I was surprised to see parking was virtually non existent. As we ventured inside, the first thing I noticed was tons of senior citizens sitting in chairs 4 deep around the paremeter of the flower show. I guess they were waiting for their bus or just glad to be off their feet. I am assuming their bus was cancelled the day before because of the snow. The temp outside was a mere 20 degrees so the warmth and wonderful smell of the inside was comforting.
I guess I expect too much. Perhaps since I have been going to the Flower Show for about 30 years now, I have seen it at the old convention center where more local nurseries participated. A place where your mind could wonder if someday, if your ship came in, you could have a garden with a cute water wheel or colored pavers. Now, of course, those little scenes are gone and we now have "themes". This year was "Italy". My imagination didn't run wild as I looked beautiful landscapes. Perhaps I couldn't visualize a 40 foot bridge in my back yard. So, I managed to squeeze may way through one silver haired women and her grumpy husband carrying his wife's handbag to snap a photo. I played with it a bit on my computer to make more of a "card" instead of a just a photograph.
There's always next year!
donna
