I know I've been pretty quiet here during and since the POE show! I have been recuperating! I did very well financially, had lots of donated help from a friend Joseph Kautz, and from my dear helper Milagro Medrano and her family who kindly worked for me for hauling, packing, unpacking, staging, repacking, re-hauling. I've been slowly getting the greenhouse put back into a semblance of order this week and grateful for rain so I didn't feel compelled to work hard at it. Next week I'm getting down to the real business at hand...organizing!
I want to thank several of the local slipper talkers for their stops in the booth and their purchases! I'm beginning to feel like I have a group of "homies" who care about what I'm doing and love slippers as much as I do! In general, I can say that this year (last 12 months) has been one of super growth and continued development of my stock. Big thanks, also, specifically, to all the Orchid Zone folks whose wonderful plants have been a mainstay for this current show and for my future! I'm having a great time getting to know Terry and Samantha, John Chant, Rafael, and the others on staff whose names I don't yet know. It's really heaven in their greenhouses...