OT-BIO: Norm Everhart

Hi Norm,	
	Are you enjoying all this gorgeous 60 degree weather? Nice to see a neighbor 
(geographically speaking) on the list. I live in Seattle, in the Central Area. 
Like you, I used to call irises a "hobby"....now I call it a "sickness". I 
heard that they are close to finding a vaccine for it though.
	Do I know you? Your name seems vaguely familiar. Are you a member of the King 
County Iris Society? If not, it is our local iris club and we meet the first 
Monday of each month at the Center for Urban Horticulture on the UW campus. 
Terry Aitken was the speaker last Monday. It was a great program, he spoke on 
reblooming irises. We also sponsor two shows a year and have two rhizome sales 
not to mention pot lucks and garden tours etc. etc. Come visit...come join.
	Living in Bothell, you live close to Jean Witt, our Grand Dame of Iris. She 
is very knowledgeable about so many areas about iris, hybridizing, history, 
etc. Mainly, she seems focused in the Miniature Tall Bearded area. If you 
don't know her yet, you should definitely make it a point to visit her garden 
and get to know her. She just had another hip replacement operation so is 
recuperating at the moment but she will probably be romping through the 
gardens soon. With so many replacement operations we are going to start 
calling her Bionic Jean.
	Your bio sounds like MY bio, I am very interested in the SA irises and have 
been playing with them for about as long as you. My old roommate called it 
"rape", he would wake in the mornings to find me standing in the garden with 
tweezer in hand, petals everywhere and a guilty look on my face. Ha Ha! I work 
mainly with the medians and dwarfs. You should show your seedlings at our 
shows, they are coming up next month. It's a great place to get critique on 
your babies. I am hoping to show some of mine this year. FUN!
	
IRIS MANIAC,
Sterling (not Innerst)
Seattle, WA.
paganpink@classic.msn.com
(206) 726-9025
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