Here, but not here

by Kathy Purdy on September 25, 2009 · 8 comments

As seen at Juniper Level Botanic Gardens

I’m living in an alternate reality called the Garden Writers Association Annual Symposium in Raleigh, NC. I get up and get on a bus and am transported to an alien world where the plants are, well, different. I’ve only got my netbook and my photo editing tools are lame, so more when I get home. If you’re on Twitter, search on #gwa for more.

Tagged as: GWA

About Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy discovered the joys of writing in fourth grade, when she started corresponding with a former classmate. She's been writing letters ever since, first on looseleaf, then electronically, and now as weblog entries. That makes you, the blog reader, her pen pal. Her first independent (though frustrating) attempts at gardening were made in high school, though the gardening bug didn't bite hard until her mid-thirties, when she found herself mistress of a rural home on 15 acres. • USDA Hardiness Zone:4 • AHS Heat Zone: 3 • Location: rural; Southern Tier of NY • Geographic type: foothills of Appalachian Mountains • Soil Type: acid clay • Experience level: intermediate • Particular interests: colchicums, narcissus, cottage gardening, NY native plants, gardening with/for children

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Almost anything you do in the garden, for example weeding, is an effort to create some sort of order out of nature's tendency to run wild. There has to be a certain degree of domestication in a garden. The danger is that you can so tame a garden that it becomes a thing. It becomes landscaping.

Stanley Kunitz

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Helen @ Gardening With Confidence October 2, 2009 at 6:27 am Twitter: @HelenYoest

Hey Kathy,

I was very happy to finally meet you #GWA. And my good fortune to sit next to you at dinner the last evening. Already looking forward to Dallas, but hope to see you with @GWI in NY this summer. H.

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John @ bigjobsboard October 1, 2009 at 3:52 am

I was browsing the net looking for some pictures of plants. And I came to your blog. Wow! You have a wonderful trip. I don’t have a twitter account. So I hope you’ll post more pictures of that different plants here in your blog site. I’ll bookmark it.Thanks.
.-= John @ bigjobsboard´s last blog ..Credit Supervisor, Atlanta, GA to $65K =-.

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Gail September 28, 2009 at 4:40 pm Twitter: @clayanlimestone

Kathy, I did want to go, but, couldn’t quite justify another trip! I am glad to hear you all have had a great time~~gail
.-= Gail´s last blog ..Rough and Tumble Wildflower Beauties =-.

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patty craft September 28, 2009 at 8:06 am Twitter: @pattycraft

so happy to have met you @ GWA! Hope your trip home went smoothly. I had an amazing time in Raleigh and am already dreaming about Dallas next year.

peace on the path

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Kathy Purdy September 28, 2009 at 6:40 pm: Patty, I was delighted to meet you, too. Yes, I am home now after an uneventful trip. Trying to catch up on my real life and hit the ground running tomorrow.

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Robin Ripley September 26, 2009 at 4:56 pm Twitter: @robinripley

I wish I were living that alternate reality with you. It broke my heart to have to cancel out to stay home and work. But work is work and I’m grateful to have it. Enjoy!

Robin
.-= Robin Ripley´s last blog ..Fall Transitions at Bumblebee =-.

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Rundy September 26, 2009 at 7:57 am

You could install Gimp. Actually, Gthumbviewer is a nice thing for quick touch-up and resizing, if that is all you want. Since you are now using a Ubuntu variant on that laptop, you should be able to install both.
.-= Rundy´s last blog ..The Empty Couch =-.

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