Well I never thought it would make it to Luckyland, but it has.

Tomorrow is the big day…… when I get to go and listen to people I have been watching for years.

I get to see my 2 Idols … Peter Cundall and Josh Byrne …… who needs those so call Hollywood hunks when I can see these 2 wonderful gardening gurus.

Gee hope I sleep tonight……….

Just my sister & I going, elf isn’t over his sore throat and it causing problems with his asthma.

Now lets see….the list:)

1. Batteries charged….
2. Camera card checked and the 528 MB in ready and cleared….
3. hair cut and washed……
4. glasses cleaned…..
5. book in enviro bag for Uncle Pete to sign…..
6. Photo of me holding Josh’s photo printed off…..

Okay think that is everything…….. gee hope I don’t forget to take myself after thinking of all the above.

Can’t wait to hear how your day goes, Lucky :)

bon008 said:

Can’t wait to hear how your day goes, Lucky :)

Gosh, I hope I don’t drool too much….LOL

My sister is hoping I would take my camera, so if she gets to meet any presenters I can take photos….. I mean is the Pope Catholic or what?????

i might meet you there lucky – i presume if i find josh i will find you.
my checklist-
- half a bag of neutrog fertiliser over shoulder to disperse crowd and attract sophie
- pants with braces to look like pete
that should do it.
i notice they have a garden/ kitchen stall – so how come the GA forum doesn’t have a cooking topic?

pepper said:

i might meet you there lucky – i presume if i find josh i will find you.
my checklist-
- half a bag of neutrog fertiliser over shoulder to disperse crowd and attract sophie
- pants with braces to look like pete
that should do it.
i notice they have a garden/ kitchen stall – so how come the GA forum doesn’t have a cooking topic?

Yep you sound set too Peps.:D

Cooking topic sounds too much like being friendly and having to chat;P

Lucky1 said:

pepper said:

i might meet you there lucky – i presume if i find josh i will find you.
my checklist-
- half a bag of neutrog fertiliser over shoulder to disperse crowd and attract sophie
- pants with braces to look like pete
that should do it.
i notice they have a garden/ kitchen stall – so how come the GA forum doesn’t have a cooking topic?

Yep you sound set too Peps.:D

Cooking topic sounds too much like being friendly and having to chat;P

I hope the both of you have a hankie and a clean pair of undies as well. LOL.

Have a great time and don’t spend too much.

pomolo said:

Lucky1 said:

pepper said:

i might meet you there lucky – i presume if i find josh i will find you.
my checklist-
- half a bag of neutrog fertiliser over shoulder to disperse crowd and attract sophie
- pants with braces to look like pete
that should do it.
i notice they have a garden/ kitchen stall – so how come the GA forum doesn’t have a cooking topic?

Yep you sound set too Peps.:D

Cooking topic sounds too much like being friendly and having to chat;P

I have enough money to get me in and maybe some lunch and a drink……. I’m happy with that:D

puts knickers on the list
I hope the both of you have a hankie and a clean pair of undies as well. LOL.

Have a great time and don’t spend too much.

Have a great day tomorrow Lucky and sis :D

pepper said:

- pants with braces to look like pete

doon’t forget the belt as well ;P

Cooking topic sounds too much like being friendly and having to chat
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umm – yes i spose it might interupt drooling – however i am primarily interested in eating the stuff – so i might be found there – drooling.

I hope the both of you have a hankie and a clean pair of undies as well.
——
whats the hanky for? thanks mum – i will be very careful.

2 coats of green nail polish on my nails for tomorrows green day…….I’m getting egg-cited…

Lucky1 said:

2 coats of green nail polish on my nails for tomorrows green day…….I’m getting egg-cited…

Have a GREAT time Lucky1 (both of you)

orchid40 said:

Lucky1 said:

2 coats of green nail polish on my nails for tomorrows green day…….I’m getting egg-cited…

Have a GREAT time Lucky1 (both of you)

you saying she is beside herself? lol!

oh, her sister too :)

and Peps..

bluegreen said:

orchid40 said:

Lucky1 said:

2 coats of green nail polish on my nails for tomorrows green day…….I’m getting egg-cited…

Have a GREAT time Lucky1 (both of you)

you saying she is beside herself? lol!

oh, her sister too :)

and Peps..

Just printed off 2 photos for my sister ….just in case she gets a chance for their autograph:D

bluegreen said:

orchid40 said:

Lucky1 said:

2 coats of green nail polish on my nails for tomorrows green day…….I’m getting egg-cited…

Have a GREAT time Lucky1 (both of you)

you saying she is beside herself? lol!

oh, her sister too :)

and Peps..

Lol , BG

OMG…………..

I shall never wash my right side ever again…….. I even told HIM that too.

OMG……… it was amazing………

They had Pete’s vegie patch set up with the beds the size they are in the Botanical Gardens……I have 79 photos……….

I have hugged, drooled, seen, listened and amazed:D

OMG

Lucky1 said:

OMG…………..

LOL Lucky !

you had a great day by the sounds :D :D Cant wait to see your pics !

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

OMG…………..

LOL Lucky !

you had a great day by the sounds :D :D Cant wait to see your pics !

Oh it was and I have resized some photos and about to pop them up on the blog. Just finished showing the Elf the photos……..

Lucky1 said:

I shall never wash my right side ever again…….. I even told HIM that too.

:D :D

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

I shall never wash my right side ever again…….. I even told HIM that too.

:D :D

Yep, even after a all day out in the garden…. he asked me and I said nope……spoken like a true gardener he said:D

Oh yeah…. Deb had a FAB TAB of a day too.

Lucky1 said:

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

I shall never wash my right side ever again…….. I even told HIM that too.

:D :D

Yep, even after a all day out in the garden…. he asked me and I said nope……spoken like a true gardener he said:D

Oh yeah…. Deb had a FAB TAB of a day too.

now by HIM do you mean Pete or Josh ;)

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

I shall never wash my right side ever again…….. I even told HIM that too.

:D :D

Yep, even after a all day out in the garden…. he asked me and I said nope……spoken like a true gardener he said:D

Oh yeah…. Deb had a FAB TAB of a day too.

now by HIM do you mean Pete or Josh ;)

Josh:)

Peters not the huggable type …… I so knew to remember that…….

I have some photos on my blog from today’s expo

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/

Oh yeah when Josh got up on the stage, he smiled at me….. as we had been talking outside and had our photos taken:D

Lucky1 said:

Oh yeah when Josh got up on the stage, he smiled at me….. as we had been talking outside and had our photos taken:D

and did your heart go pitter pat? did he remember you as the one who got the photo that was taken at his place?

nice report lucky
i didn’t get there today – was it very crowded?

Gees Lucky, If your smile was any wider in that pic of you and Josh I reckon the ends would meet around the back of your head! LOL!

So happy you had a great day and met the crew – told ya Josh was genuinely lovely!

:)

who had the biggest smile you or Josh, he wasn’t grabbin you on the butt now was he Lucky LOL

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Oh yeah when Josh got up on the stage, he smiled at me….. as we had been talking outside and had our photos taken:D

and did your heart go pitter pat? did he remember you as the one who got the photo that was taken at his place?

Oh yes to ALL that Bluegreen…his face lit up with a genuine … “oh yes I remember that”

I was a real garden groupie as Bimbo called me it this morning.

pepper said:

nice report lucky
i didn’t get there today – was it very crowded?

No Pepper… tomorrow & Sunday it will be, I am sure……….Purr-fect all day for seeing the presentations and meeting and talking to them.

hortfurball said:

Gees Lucky, If your smile was any wider in that pic of you and Josh I reckon the ends would meet around the back of your head! LOL!

So happy you had a great day and met the crew – told ya Josh was genuinely lovely!

:)

Oh he is Horty and he remembered you & Bonn:

When that photo was taken we were having a good old chin wag and laugh.

The Estate said:

who had the biggest smile you or Josh, he wasn’t grabbin you on the butt now was he Lucky LOL

Nope:( No butt pinching ;)

I told him I’ll never wash that side again………..he is just so friendly……..

Lucky1 said:

pepper said:

nice report lucky
i didn’t get there today – was it very crowded?

No Pepper… tomorrow & Sunday it will be, I am sure……….Purr-fect all day for seeing the presentations and meeting and talking to them.

well done – and stop sounding so smug LOL
sophie does have a pleasant voice doesn’t she ?
i must see that vegie patch – are things actually growing?

Lucky1 said:

pepper said:

nice report lucky
i didn’t get there today – was it very crowded?

No Pepper… tomorrow & Sunday it will be, I am sure……….Purr-fect all day for seeing the presentations and meeting and talking to them.

well done – and stop sounding so smug LOL
sophie does have a pleasant voice doesn’t she ?
i must see that vegie patch – are things actually growing?

pepper said:

Lucky1 said:

pepper said:

nice report lucky
i didn’t get there today – was it very crowded?

No Pepper… tomorrow & Sunday it will be, I am sure……….Purr-fect all day for seeing the presentations and meeting and talking to them.

well done – and stop sounding so smug LOL
sophie does have a pleasant voice doesn’t she ?
i must see that vegie patch – are things actually growing?

Oh I am on a junkie rush…..LOL

Sophie has the most amazing speaking voice……

The vegie patch has the vegies in pots and then peas straw over them… looks like mulch….. Oh Pepper you really should go………. crowds on the weekend or not……

just calm down – you’re getting me excited now – see i pushed the submit button twice before.
your sister takes a nice photo – when does she go back to the bush?
were the other presenters there?

pepper said:

just calm down – you’re getting me excited now – see i pushed the submit button twice before.
your sister takes a nice photo – when does she go back to the bush?
were the other presenters there?

No just Sophie, Josh and Pete.

Maggie Beer and her cooking mate will be there tomorrow……….

Hang on and I’ll give you the list of people for tomorrow

Peter
Josh
Sophie

and other people……

Want me to scan and send you the program??? I can do it right now if you want:)

pepper said:

your sister takes a nice photo –

yes, that is a lovely photo of you and Josh

nah you go to sleep – ha ha
thanks all the same but it can wait until you’re rested.

bluegreen said:

pepper said:

your sister takes a nice photo –

yes, that is a lovely photo of you and Josh

Thanks … I have another one as well….;) ya know….lol

Poor elf……. I’m trying not to over do the drooling bit…….

Lucky1 said:

Poor elf……. I’m trying not to over do the drooling bit…….

lol!

shame he couldn’t go himself, but it would have probably been all a bit too much for him.

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Poor elf……. I’m trying not to over do the drooling bit…….

lol!

shame he couldn’t go himself, but it would have probably been all a bit too much for him.

Yes, he said tonight…he pretty buggered and he hopes to be able to go next year of it comes here again.

pepper said:

nah you go to sleep – ha ha
thanks all the same but it can wait until you’re rested.

Naa…. too late… on the way to your email box….

methinks Lucky is still too hyped up to sleep :)

bluegreen said:

methinks Lucky is still too hyped up to sleep :)

Oh you have that right Bluegreen……. Oh yeah I did sleep last night though…… had to take a pill though to do it…….

I some how think my brain isn’t going to be kind to me when I lay down……

Lucky1 said:

pepper said:

nah you go to sleep – ha ha thanks all the same but it can wait until you’re rested.

Naa…. too late… on the way to your email box….

thanks for the programme
sophies ‘climate and plants’ discussion should be interesting.
so many different planting times. she lives in the hills so i will just have to work it out for my site i guess

Man now I am getting jealous! :)

Sounds like you had an awesome time Lucky :D

(Hey.. if Maggie Beer and Simon come to the Perth Expo.. OH will be as excited about it as I will be!!!)

pepper said:

Lucky1 said:

pepper said:

nah you go to sleep – ha ha thanks all the same but it can wait until you’re rested.

Naa…. too late… on the way to your email box….

thanks for the programme
sophies ‘climate and plants’ discussion should be interesting.
so many different planting times. she lives in the hills so i will just have to work it out for my site i guess

Yes I know a person who was 2 months behind us in planting, she lived in the hills.

bon008 said:

Man now I am getting jealous! :)

Sounds like you had an awesome time Lucky :D

(Hey.. if Maggie Beer and Simon come to the Perth Expo.. OH will be as excited about it as I will be!!!)

Oh it was Bon,

Oh by the way…. i saw Uncle Pete with a set of secuters in his hand….. he was so funny attacking this poor lemon tree in a pot.

He gave away the secuters afterwards… what a buzz that would have been to get them.

Was there plenty of room to move there, Lucky?

In Brisbane our first one was great – at the showgrounds but next time they crammed it into a small space in the Convention Centre – a totally unsuitable venue and also the programme was immpossible – there no way you could hear all the sessions you wanted to in a day – a short day at that. As for getting a seat at any of the presentations – forget it! And my favourite stall Green Harvest – part of my reason for going was to renew my seed stock – didn’t participate the 2nd time. They strated too late in thje day – 10 am I think but there was such a line-up to get in that it took another 20 min or so to get through the door – even with pre-purchased tickets I think and on the final day ended at something like 3pm.

I took some photos – and Pete’s vegie beds were well set up. Won’t go again in Brisbane unless they change venue back or at least to somewhere with room to move..

Lucky1 said:

Oh by the way…. i saw Uncle Pete with a set of secuters in his hand….. he was so funny attacking this poor lemon tree in a pot.

He gave away the secuters afterwards… what a buzz that would have been to get them.

I think he must do that at every GA Expo :)

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Oh by the way…. i saw Uncle Pete with a set of secuters in his hand….. he was so funny attacking this poor lemon tree in a pot.

He gave away the secuters afterwards… what a buzz that would have been to get them.

I think he must do that at every GA Expo :)

Well it wouldn’t be Pete if he didn’t…LOL

Morning

I’m so glad you had such a great time Lucky! Yes Josh and Sophie are really sweet aren’t they? Lovely photos, you have some great memories there. Are you going to have the one of you and Josh framed? I would!!!

orchid40 said:

I’m so glad you had such a great time Lucky! Yes Josh and Sophie are really sweet aren’t they? Lovely photos, you have some great memories there. Are you going to have the one of you and Josh framed? I would!!!

Oh yeah baby……… You getch’em I am……

More photos and info on the exop

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/

Including a photo for Bubba:D

Oh I am all hot again…LOL

Lucky1 said:

More photos and info on the exop

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/

Including a photo for Bubba:D

Oh I am all hot again…LOL

Thanks Lucky. Once you see them massed like that you get a new appreciation for them. :)

Bubba Louie said:

Lucky1 said:

More photos and info on the exop

http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/

Including a photo for Bubba:D

Oh I am all hot again…LOL

Thanks Lucky. Once you see them massed like that you get a new appreciation for them. :)

Oh for sure Bubba….. I understood when i saw them all….. why you are addicted to them:D Just stunning…

Lucky1 said:

More photos and info on the exop http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/ Including a photo for Bubba:D Oh I am all hot again…LOL

gee – i don’t have to go now
good report lucky -( have you washed yet?)

pepper said:

Lucky1 said:

More photos and info on the exop http://luckysduckfarm.blogspot.com/ Including a photo for Bubba:D Oh I am all hot again…LOL

gee – i don’t have to go now
good report lucky -( have you washed yet?)

No shower yet…lol

Won’t go again in Brisbane unless they change venue back or at least to somewhere with room to move..
—————————-
Same here! Knowing how good it was at the show grounds made the last venue ridiculous. The small venue was crowded and hot and I can remember thinking..I just want to get out.

pomolo said:

Won’t go again in Brisbane unless they change venue back or at least to somewhere with room to move..
—————————-
Same here! Knowing how good it was at the show grounds made the last venue ridiculous. The small venue was crowded and hot and I can remember thinking..I just want to get out.

In the photos I posted, was there enough room like that at your last years expo???

I have just been playing in the worm farms……. I’m gonna need a shower before I go to bed tonight…..
wwwwaaaawwww no fair……….sniff…

Lucky1 said:

I have just been playing in the worm farms……. I’m gonna need a shower before I go to bed tonight…..
wwwwaaaawwww no fair……….sniff…

Yeh, I remember being a bit put out when I eventually had to shower after me and Horty got that picture with Josh grin

(although don’t get me started on the time I missed seeing Ioan Gruffudd in London sniffles)

bon008 said:

Lucky1 said:

I have just been playing in the worm farms……. I’m gonna need a shower before I go to bed tonight…..
wwwwaaaawwww no fair……….sniff…

Yeh, I remember being a bit put out when I eventually had to shower after me and Horty got that picture with Josh grin

(although don’t get me started on the time I missed seeing Ioan Gruffudd in London sniffles)

Maybe I could just stash my clothes into a plastic bag or laminate them….LOL

bon008 said:

Lucky1 said:

I have just been playing in the worm farms……. I’m gonna need a shower before I go to bed tonight…..
wwwwaaaawwww no fair……….sniff…

Yeh, I remember being a bit put out when I eventually had to shower after me and Horty got that picture with Josh grin

(although don’t get me started on the time I missed seeing Ioan Gruffudd in London sniffles)

MrBL saw Adam Ant in London and I’ve seen Mark Lee.

Lucky1 said:

pomolo said:

Won’t go again in Brisbane unless they change venue back or at least to somewhere with room to move..
—————————-
Same here! Knowing how good it was at the show grounds made the last venue ridiculous. The small venue was crowded and hot and I can remember thinking..I just want to get out.

In the photos I posted, was there enough room like that at your last years expo???

A little hard to say because I never got a clear view of anything like you did. The venue was definately many many times smaller and all under one roof which made it seem crowded even if there weren’t as many people in attendance.

At the show grounds it was good because they used lots of the show buildings for their displays and there are wide walkways between the buildings.

>I have hugged, drooled, seen, listened and amazed:D

Will Pete and Josh ever be the same again?

;^)

CollieWA said:

>I have hugged, drooled, seen, listened and amazed:D

Will Pete and Josh ever be the same again?

;^)

I don’t know…… lol

When Peter announced he was retiring….. I started to clap in appreciation of all his years of gardening…. 1 other person started to clap and next thing Peter said…… “Yes there are people who will be glad to see me retire” By the time Peter finished I was red faced with my head in my hands and Peter was stirring me…… saying “oh the poor girl is mortified”

Told him the clap was in appreciation not happiness his was retiring…. LOL

reading about your visit to the expo and your blog on it is great Lucky :)
Interesting about the bugs too as I have aphids galore on my lemon tree but I also noticed a couple lady bug’s and a small preying mantis on it , so I’m leaving nature to do it’s work , whereas normally I would have squished the aphids :D
Good reporting :)

Happy Potter said:

reading about your visit to the expo and your blog on it is great Lucky :)
Interesting about the bugs too as I have aphids galore on my lemon tree but I also noticed a couple lady bug’s and a small preying mantis on it , so I’m leaving nature to do it’s work , whereas normally I would have squished the aphids :D
Good reporting :)

yes I thought it was interesting about what she said about squashing aphids, as that is what I usually do. Guess I will have to keep my twitchy fingers off them from now on, lol!

Happy Potter said:

reading about your visit to the expo and your blog on it is great Lucky :)
Interesting about the bugs too as I have aphids galore on my lemon tree but I also noticed a couple lady bug’s and a small preying mantis on it , so I’m leaving nature to do it’s work , whereas normally I would have squished the aphids :D
Good reporting :)

Thanks HP:)

Sophie made bugs good or bad..so egg-citing. Shame her talk was only 45 mins…..

i never went to the expo – shame shame
has anyone heard if it was busy?
was it a success?
will it be back??

My PhotoBucket record of the 2006expo in Brisbane…