Monday, September 17, 2012

Farmer Brown and His Dahlias

Here's my progress on Schoolroom Sampling's "Farmer Brown".  I've actually stitching quite a bit more since I took this photo.  I think I might even manage to finish it sometime this week.

We'll pretend that in September Farmer Brown is working in his dahlia patch because that makes a nice segue to:

This last weekend the Lane County Dahlia Society held their 49th Annual Dahlia Show at the Lane County Events Center.  As my sister is president of the organization, I stopped by to see the displays.

There were dahlias to the left...

...and dahlias to the right!

And dahlias straight ahead!

Three AA-sized blooms

Three Orchid style blooms

'Basket of the Show' (left)

Best Basket of A-sized or AA-sized dahlias
Seven perfect blooms of 'Nick Sr.' 

A-sized semi-cactus dahlia entries

Triple of 'Alfred Grille'

So many pretty blooms!    
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13 comments:

  1. Cindy's StitchingSeptember 17, 2012 at 7:15 AM

    farmer looks cute. the flowers are so pretty. your sister did a great job. thank you for sharing.

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  2. VickieSeptember 17, 2012 at 7:24 AM

    Oh I just love dahlias Beth. I have never had such a sad season of dahlias in my life. I have had hardly any blooms on any of them. And they are of different types and different locations!?!

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  3. NicolaSeptember 17, 2012 at 7:27 AM

    I always surprised at the number of different dahlias there are.

    Wishing you a good week ahead.

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  4. Ann at Beadlework.September 17, 2012 at 9:13 AM

    What a delightful mix of dahlias, they are just stunning.

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  5. MargaretSeptember 17, 2012 at 9:42 AM

    I love Farmer Brown so far. And the dahlias. Wow!

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  6. geeky HeatherSeptember 17, 2012 at 10:43 AM

    Those dahlias are AMAZING!!

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  7. cuckiSeptember 17, 2012 at 12:00 PM

    Aww the farmer is so cute..
    Lovely flowers xxx

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  8. The Inspired StitcherSeptember 17, 2012 at 12:44 PM

    Great progress! What a roomfull of beauty! I can't imagine seeing all those amazing flowers in one place. Have a great week!

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  9. BarbSeptember 17, 2012 at 7:57 PM

    I love Farmer Brown and the dahlias are just magnificent!

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  10. CarolSeptember 18, 2012 at 5:15 AM

    You always pick such cute pieces, Beth--love Farmer Brown... And, oh, those dahlias are amazing--mine look nothing like those (unfortunately!)...

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  11. Pam in ILSeptember 18, 2012 at 6:38 AM

    Farmer Brown is looking great!

    I can't grow Dahlias for the life of me, but I sure love looking at their blooms. I wish we'd have a show like that around here.

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  12. Athena at Minervas GardenSeptember 18, 2012 at 9:00 AM

    Thank you so much for sharing all the great dahlia photos, Beth--they are gorgeous!

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  13. MelanieSeptember 18, 2012 at 9:49 AM

    I just love dahlias. These photos are definitely a treat!

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Thank you all. I appreciate that you've read my blog and are taking the time to comment.