Day: September 18, 2010

Rongotea

Premier  Div  4  Night  Music  John  Hollever   This was  a  very  clean  , round  and  well  coloured  double  .   Prem  vase  miniatures  Bulbicodium  Conspicuus  Elsa  Stern .     Cheers  John .. 

Rongotea

Premier  division  3  had  us  all  guessing  as it  was  in  a  small  box of  blooms  that I  brought  up  to  Rongotea  for  John  Hollever  and  his  master  stager  Brian  MacKenzie did  the  sorting  and  staging  .The  flowers  were  not …

Rongotea .

Winners  are  grinners  ; Ralph  with  his  Champ  . Ralph  and  wife  Ngaire  were  a  great  part  of  the  Central  team that  organised The  N I  National  15  kms  down the  road  at  Palmerston  North  , last  weekend  . We …

Rongotea

Hi  Daffnetters , We  had  a  small  show  at  Rongotea  on  Thursday  —  a  good  midweek attendance for  this  friendly country  show  . The  Champion  bloom  was  a  tall  , bright  yellow  trumpet  that  held itself  well  and  looked  right …

Fw: Another Bulb shed companion

We’ve ben into entomology on Daffnet in recent days so here is another harmless beastie. The Robin liked to pick off little spiders in the shed but this guy was too big a bite for him. About 3″  from toe…

Maybe the last picture?

Ah! Sadly I have not sen him for three days. Weather has been terribly wet – maybe he is sheltering somewhere else; maybe his papa has finally bullied him away to another territory – or, perish the thought, maybe one…