Re: Are you an iris fan, fancier or fanatic?

In a message dated 8/5/2007 5:07:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
SDAyres2@aol.com writes:

I   need help.  I am creating a program for the Region 23 (New  Mexico)
annual
meeting.  It is entitled "Are you an iris fan, fancier  or  fanatic?"





Great idea - we all need some levity!  Some ideas for your program  (then you
can share with the other publications!!).  Believe me, I know (or am) people
who  fit in EVERY one of these categories!
In addition to the vacation  ones:
You know you are an Iris Fanatic  when:
You carry a complete list of the irises you currently  have with you at all
times.
Books on irises take of most of your shelf space  AND your spending money.
The rest of the shelf space and all  walls have bIrisb stuff on them.
Your spouse loses the vegetable garden each year because  you need more room
to plant irises!
The most prevalent item in your wardrobe is Iris  t-shirts.
You are  hopeless at remembering people's names, yet you know the name of
every iris in  your garden.
You surf the net for iris catalogs during  work. (Add extra points if you
pretend you're studying a spreadsheet whenever  someone walks by.)
Your collection of club iris show supplies including  traveling trophies is
about to overtake the garage. (Add extra points if you now have to park
outside.)
Your collection of iris catalogs  and Bulletins weighs more than  your
refrigerator.
You turn pale and sneer when anyone  mentions buying irises from a store with
Mart in the  name!
You have your favorite iris  pictures on your computer as a screen saver.
Your annual iris purchases exceed  what you spend on your spouse and
children's annual special  gifts.
You have a database and map of all the named varieties in  your garden with
bloom dates of each year, when acquired and the  cost.
You get up at the crack of dawn to  walk your beds to see how things are
growing, race home at lunch to do a little  hybridizing or walk the beds with
a
flashlight at night to see what is  blooming.
You have  been known to put your favorite quilts over seedlings at a warning
of late or  early frost!
You are divorced because your spouse said bIt is either  me or the
Irisesb

Rita  Gormley
Editor-MIS  The Medianite
Gormley Greenery
Cedar Hill, MO
AIS Region 18,  Zone 5



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