Was a great day. Thank you to all who braved the heat and humidity to attend. In the end we had 76 courageous souls who came and made our day such fun. The AC died the day before but we were able to get our local repairman in to set it at a fixed temperature and noone melted (well not toooo badly) and we had ceiling and floor fans which moved the somewhat warm air around 🙂 . Everyone left with a door prize donated by our wonderful suppliers and many of our very talented friends. The 50/50 went to great new heights thanks to Gord and Louise selling tickets at hmmmmm, questionable rates of 10.00 for 1 or 3 for 5.00! That raised a few eyebrows 🙂 but made the raffle soooo exciting! Plus we had 5 lovely items in our silent auction so all in all we had a fun day and raised a good amount of money for two local charitable organizations who do so much for the community. Thank you all!
This weekend I am vending at the Prince Edward County Quilt Show in Wellington ON. http://www.pecgild.weebly.com. Should be a cooler weekend yeahhhhhh (although I must say I am not going to complain too much as wow the lake is soooo warm I actually have to search for cool spots!). Unfortunately I will be missing a wonderful garden show hosted by my sister, Betty and Sheila Sim who is famous for her beautiful gardens – guess she doesn’t have the deer problem! My sister collects and makes garden art and her place is such fun. Here is a flyer with more info for those close enough to attend…
Loretta, you and Carol and all the volunteers did an amazing job organizing the hookin. It was wonderful – and despite the heat, a lot of fun! All of your background work – great snacks, lots of coffee and cold water, fans and having the a/c working speaks loads about your organization and thought. What a relaxed, friendly and humorous day! The only disappointment was that the OPP weren’t there to protect us 😏. Thanks so much!
I would like to purchase the ‘Skye’ kit by Helen Radford, but don’t see it on your website. Is it still available?
Talking Georgia basketball while watching the NCAA Tournament – Hoop Dawg Blog (UGA basketball only)
UGA has a severe lack of talent. The teams in the tournament, especially those whose made it to Saturday, are faster, stronger, shoot better, and are better coached. I’m afraid next year, and the rest of the Fox Era, will be a slog.
For Starters if they can’t shoot dead away from the corners of the box, what good are they? Shooting on the box opens up the ability to score! Playing good defense opens up the ability to score easily on breaks. Also, with the exception of Frazier,Parker,and Maten the Dogs struggled at the Free throw line! They are free! Gotta have these easy ones! A summer trip to work on their shooting is a must for Next season! Do the Dogs have such a trip scheduled this year! They look so good in the warmups!!!!!! Mike Potter
I’m not too worried about Maten leaving for the NBA. Being a 2nd round pick in NBA is like a 7th round pick in NFL. Plus, Maten has unfinished business with those reptiles.
I’ve also been watching the tournament through the UGA prism, and while it seems clear we lack the depth of talent of most of the teams I’ve seen, I will say our halfcourt offense is at least as good as West Virginia’s….
The thing I take from watching the tournament is that the early teams we played (for example, Kansas and Tech) have improved greatly since we played them, yet we didn’t improve all season. That’s squarely on coaching in my mind.
Yeah, the talent may be less than some of the big boys, but what I read is that only two teams in the SEC had two first team All-SEC players, Georgia and Kentucky. One of those teams is not like the other. We don’t fully utilize the talent that we do have. See Crump or Harris pulled after missing a shot.
I believe I said at the beginning of this season that I doubted that this year’s edition was an NCAA team, owing to the lack of a proven 3-point shooter other than Frazier. I thought that I might be wrong if Turtle, Crump, and/or Harris proved reliable beyond the arc and we got some lights out play at the 3 position. Parker is a decent shot from 15 feet in, but that’s it. I, like Hoop, viewed the NCAA with the prospect of Georgia playing in that field and, sadly, could not see them advancing beyond the first round. Does anyone out there see a realistic rosy scenario for next year assuming, of course, that Yante comes back? It is hard to include the freshmen in any optimistic outlook as Fox never lets our youngsters get enough floor time to develop–and that is discouraging this long-time dawgs fan.
Maten is going to the NBA combine but has not hired an agent so he can return. Next season is going to be ugly if we don’t have him.
I spent the those four weeks the exact same way, glued to my TV for the whole time. I think it was a major failure on Fox’s part. His team was a good one, with some strong upperclassmen with good experience, they definitely should have performed better. I will admit that the roster was a bit difficult, but they should have put up more of a fight.