Hi would you be interested in anything else for some oriental lilies or peonies? I have the following bearded irises 1. beverly sills 2. ebony angel 3. bountiful harvest I also have jupiters beard and tall cannas thanks please email at jain.n@comcast.net

please check my list here, I would love to do a big trade with you. thanks kathleen

April you did a wonderful job as expected. The key element for getting excellent and informative Guest Lecturers is passion. You exemplified that! The Zigmiester has no equal...'nuff said. Guys, one of the main reasons that I had us down by the river was to give us shade and help ease the transition from the beautiful view we had at Jan & Jim's to the new view of a different river. Our adopted slogan was always, "See you at the river". The river has always been such an integral backdrop to the MTPS that it didn't seem natural NOT to have it as a part of the swap. It was traumatic for all of us to move from such a tranquil, private and serene setting that felt like home to a state park; I was simply trying to make that transition as smooth as possible. Once we got to HHP nobody wanted to set-up anywhere except under the treeline. The Spring and Fall dates aren't picked strictly because of weather but considering that we've only had rain once in the last two dozen MTPS's...you really want to test fate? Saturdays in April will average 55-68 degrees but it isn't uncommon for them to fall into the 30's and 40's either. I think that the dates we use have worked pretty dang well for us! We have several folks that are regulars that don't have a computer. They rely on the dates staying the same in order to make sure that they are at the MTPS when we are there. A set date makes it easier for everyone to remember but that is just my opinion. I will do the research on Saturday weather for April and May in Chapel Hill for the last 20 years and get back with ya. I'm curious myself.

hehe! No, I don't think it's all that obvious. Or at least I had never heard of it before finding it in the art dictionary, ArtLex, that I mentioned here before. Here's what they said: bricolage - Something made from whatever materials happen to be available. From the French bricole, meaning a trifle, and which the French used even earlier to mean catapault. Bricolage may be related to bric-a-brac. Quote: ".... Bricolage is a French word. It means to build it yourself." Tom Sachs (contemporary) American artist Don'tcha love it?! :-D Since we go looking for specific items for assemblage, I suppose it's not exactly the same. I guess the Watt's Tower would be a good example of bricolage. But since you "build" or "assemble" these 3D collages, I think that describes it pretty well.