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On May 9, 3:27*am, "Ray B" wrote:
I have often thought that my "real job" has interfered with First Rays,
and how I'd be a lot happier spending more time with that...and I
suppose now I have my chance, even though I would have liked to have
transitioned into it more smoothly.

Over the last couple of years, I have had to cancel speaking engagements
left and right, have really limited stuff for sale (when you do a
100-mile commute and put in 12-hour days at the office, how do you run
an at-home business, too?)

That said, I have already had an opportunity to expand the plant
listing, and will be doing so with supplies, as well. *(Folks who
subscribe to my List Update Service have already taken advantage of
that, with discounts, to boot.)

I suppose this also means I have more time for speaking engagements, but
will still likely be limited to a the eastern half of the country, at
least for now.

Wish me luck!

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids -www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, & Lots of Free Info!


Best wishes to you! Fingers crossed!

K
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On May 9, 3:11*am, "Ray B" wrote:
To hell with the show! *Are they in any imminent danger from the fires?

Zuma Canyon got wiped out many moons ago in a similar situation, didn't
they?

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids -www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, & Lots of Free Info!


SBOE is on the beach side - well, on a bluff above the beach. So far
the fires have all been in the mountains behind the town with fingers
of fire licking down arroyos and burning homes. The freeway would act
as a firebreak before said fires got to the SBOE. There's a cymbidium
grower that was potentially near last year's fire area. I don't think
he's in danger from this one, and Gallup and Stripling and Orchids
Royale are closer to Carpinteria, again miles away. Last year I went
to the SBOE sale in July a day after the Goleta fires were
'contained' (there were still a few flyovers by planes). There was a
very slight amount of ash on the plants, else you'd never know they
had a problem at all.

Much like Australia's fires in SB the homes encroach into the
foothills and along the ravines. Lets face it - Santa Barbara is a
very desirable community in which to live so every nook and cranny
gets inhabited. Of course the native plants are all fire tolerant and
many need fire in order to survive, so the native species - while very
combustible - will come back as will the people. After the Oakland
Hills fire in 1990 - jeez was it that long ago? - people came back and
built bigger and better. Many of the Australian eucalyptus trees were
cut down and there was a push to replace them with California Natives,
but I'm not sure how well that's progressed. Very few people actually
sold out and moved away. Many just 'traded up', replaced their
burned out old cottages for mega homes. After that fire many insurers
changed the way they wrote 'full replacement cost' policies, *G*.

K Barrett
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I'm with Ray. I wasn't thinking about the show. Shows come and go. People
matter.

Fire is a real danger down here right now. I can't remember a stretch this
dry. Rain? Hah! Lots of lawns are brown, including ours. Watering is limited
to two mornings a week, which is really all you need. But. We are on city
water, but kept the well hookup to our sprinkler system. The well went dry!
Now there is water in the canal (no idea how it got there) and presumably in
the well. But the pump lost its prime and we can't see a way to take the
cover off and prime it. One more little
chore that we don't need.

Thankfully, the ban doesn't apply to things like orchids. Our Vandaceous
stuff would be DOA if it did.

Kathy, how is Joe doing?

Diana

"K Barrett" wrote in message
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On May 9, 3:11 am, "Ray B" wrote:
To hell with the show! Are they in any imminent danger from the fires?

Zuma Canyon got wiped out many moons ago in a similar situation, didn't
they?

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids -www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, & Lots of Free Info!


SBOE is on the beach side - well, on a bluff above the beach. So far
the fires have all been in the mountains behind the town with fingers
of fire licking down arroyos and burning homes. The freeway would act
as a firebreak before said fires got to the SBOE. There's a cymbidium
grower that was potentially near last year's fire area. I don't think
he's in danger from this one, and Gallup and Stripling and Orchids
Royale are closer to Carpinteria, again miles away. Last year I went
to the SBOE sale in July a day after the Goleta fires were
'contained' (there were still a few flyovers by planes). There was a
very slight amount of ash on the plants, else you'd never know they
had a problem at all.

Much like Australia's fires in SB the homes encroach into the
foothills and along the ravines. Lets face it - Santa Barbara is a
very desirable community in which to live so every nook and cranny
gets inhabited. Of course the native plants are all fire tolerant and
many need fire in order to survive, so the native species - while very
combustible - will come back as will the people. After the Oakland
Hills fire in 1990 - jeez was it that long ago? - people came back and
built bigger and better. Many of the Australian eucalyptus trees were
cut down and there was a push to replace them with California Natives,
but I'm not sure how well that's progressed. Very few people actually
sold out and moved away. Many just 'traded up', replaced their
burned out old cottages for mega homes. After that fire many insurers
changed the way they wrote 'full replacement cost' policies, *G*.

K Barrett


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Go get 'em tiger! You know you have a cheering section here. And there are 4
or more societies that meet fairly close together here. I'll pass on your
name and info to our incoming VP. She can liaise with others, and maybe we
can buy you as a group. I'm not in charge of that anymore, so no guarantees.

Diana

"K Barrett" wrote in message
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On May 9, 3:27 am, "Ray B" wrote:
I have often thought that my "real job" has interfered with First Rays,
and how I'd be a lot happier spending more time with that...and I
suppose now I have my chance, even though I would have liked to have
transitioned into it more smoothly.

Over the last couple of years, I have had to cancel speaking engagements
left and right, have really limited stuff for sale (when you do a
100-mile commute and put in 12-hour days at the office, how do you run
an at-home business, too?)

That said, I have already had an opportunity to expand the plant
listing, and will be doing so with supplies, as well. (Folks who
subscribe to my List Update Service have already taken advantage of
that, with discounts, to boot.)

I suppose this also means I have more time for speaking engagements, but
will still likely be limited to a the eastern half of the country, at
least for now.

Wish me luck!

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids -www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, & Lots of Free Info!


Best wishes to you! Fingers crossed!

K


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He's doing fine, as well as can be expected, hasn't quite started
watching soap operas but I see him sneak peeks at Maury 'You Are The
Father' Povich's worthless show. So he's bored. Thanks for asking!

K

Kathy, how is Joe doing?

Diana

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Welcome. Frank has had some challenges lately. I know how it stresses out
the *other*.

Diana

"K Barrett" wrote in message
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He's doing fine, as well as can be expected, hasn't quite started
watching soap operas but I see him sneak peeks at Maury 'You Are The
Father' Povich's worthless show. So he's bored. Thanks for asking!

K

Kathy, how is Joe doing?

Diana

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On May 9, 6:32*pm, "Diana Kulaga"
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Welcome. Frank has had some challenges lately. I know how it stresses out
the *other*.

Diana

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He's doing fine, as well as can be expected, hasn't quite started
watching soap operas but I see him sneak peeks at Maury 'You Are The
Father' Povich's worthless show. *So he's bored. *Thanks for asking!


K


Kathy, how is Joe doing?


Diana

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I keep telling myself its just another opportunity for personal
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"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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Welcome. Frank has had some challenges lately. I know how it stresses out
the *other*.

Diana


What's up with Frank? email me privately if you want

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I will, tomorrow.

D

"K Barrett" wrote in message
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"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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Welcome. Frank has had some challenges lately. I know how it stresses out
the *other*.

Diana


What's up with Frank? email me privately if you want

K Barrett



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HAHAHAHA!!!!!!


http://www.aos.org/AM/Template.cfm?S...entDisplay.cfm

(scroll down to the pictures.)



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At the Tamiami, one of our gals bought a hat with a bird on it. Too good to
be true.........
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HAHAHAHA!!!!!!


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"Diana Kulaga" wrote:

I remember Tenman talking about going to Redland. Is anyone else going?
We'll be there on Friday.

Will take pics, in between orgies.

Diana


I was there for a few hours on Saturday. Could have used another hour
for sure.
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We were there for almost four hours on Friday. More than enough time. I
don't particularly like the new layout, but maybe it's just the lack of
familiarity.

We found that the vendors didn't have nearly as much variety as in past
years. I suppose there was some fear of bringing too much and failing.
However, there's the rub. Bring the same old, and I don't purchase. We
bought two plants. Just two.

We didn't take the requisite pictures. Sorry, gang.

Diana

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"Diana Kulaga" wrote:

I remember Tenman talking about going to Redland. Is anyone else going?
We'll be there on Friday.

Will take pics, in between orgies.

Diana


I was there for a few hours on Saturday. Could have used another hour
for sure.



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