HOS spring show 08

this year the HOS spring show fell on the same day as the ladies retreat. I divided my time between the two events as I have volunteered to be a certificate writer at the spring show.



I didn't take many photos this year not because the show wasn't pretty. I found that when I have too many photos, i ended up not posting them at all.


So this year, these are my favourites from the show:

This year's club display shows orchids by a 'stream'. it's amazing how the committee comes up with all the ideas to put on a display. they usually meet up at the president's house over lunch and then discuss what sort of materials, and the 'theme' they want to set up.

I like cattelya. they have big flowers and they also have a nice scent. Unfortunately I haven't got one in my collection.
This is a cross between zygopetalum (see below) and something else.

A zygopetalum. see the resemblance in the last photo?

Another view of the club display..
Laelia..even the name is pretty!
This grassy speciment actually belongs to the orchid family too. I think it is called dendrochillum.
Floral arrangement category.
Another type of dendrochillum. This one has slightly bigger flowers ..the scent of the flowers are just amazing.
The grand champion of the show. It bagged several trophies.
The grand champion in close-up!! perfect composition, , size etc!!!!

ladies retreat

i had the opportunity to attend the ladies retreat at my church this year. Here in the photo is our guest speaker. she not only speaks but she also sings. her name is Aliki Flodine. She said it's very easy to remember her name just remember 'a leaky' tap.

anyhow, i enjoyed tremendously listening to her .she was down to earth and captivating. and she spoke in a very aussie accent (like Kath and Kim) and she also looks like The Nanny from some angle.

check out http://www.aliki.com.au

Drawers

Here's N opening and closing the drawer. he'd just found out the cause and effect of his action. he was mesmerized.