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People pictures from the Florida Biennial May 2014


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Sunday morning May 25th on our first bus-ride - Miami to Highlands Hammock in central Florida. A half dozen happy Aussies in the first photo and time for a box lunch (third photo) once we had arrived, with Batya from Israel, Tom and Dan from Kona, Hawaii, and Kim! :)

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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Arriving at Searle Brothers Nursery that same evening! :)

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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Next day, Monday May 26th at Pinecrest Garden (formerly Parrot Jungle)

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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Dinner that evening at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (followed by a fascinating presentation by Dr. Carl Lewis - not pictured)

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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Actually, after the dinner and before the presentation we were treated to a delightful hula by some truly talented dancers. Well, it all started that way, and then, well, see for yourself. :bemused: Needless to say, I'm refraining from naming names... :innocent: (And that's all for tonight - I'll see if I have more tomorrow - feel free to add to this thread . :) )

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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Next day, Monday May 26th at Pinecrest Garden (formerly Parrot Jungle)

Bo, love that spirit orb just above Jeff Searles head in this pic! You don't see that too often.

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Here's Walter Rogers, the oldest member in attendance...apparently Walter used to hang out with Dent Smith on occasion!

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Jeff in his element!

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T-Shirt Models...

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Dr. Carl Lewis presenting

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Trouble up the back of the bus...

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Great pictures keep em coming please

Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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A 'Touristy' Wal in Key West

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Paul Norris, Andrea and Jeff

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There is a good story attached to this photo...I wonder if Jeff Searle would like to tell.... :winkie:

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Great Daryl, thanks for some openers, The Motorcycle cop story was amazing, yes, perhaps Jeff could regale that one.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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Thanks for all the additional photos Daryl. That "cop photo" is priceless (not to mention the story behind it! :) ). Turns out I have very few people pix. Need to take more on the next Biennial! :bummed: Here's one of me and Kim at the Silver Palm Nature Trail in Bahia Honda Key (that was a scorcher! :bemused: ) and the next day - an outstanding visit to the Audubon House & Garden in Key West. We (Kim, myself and Larry Klotz from Pennsylvania) were given an excellent guided tour by Tim (kwtimo here on PalmTalk). Definitely a highlight of our all too brief Key West visit. :)

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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Here's a few more...

L-R Christine and Jeff, Lee, Colin, Wal, Andy, Jeff, Randy, Tim, Gileno, Mike, Daryl

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Jeff Brusseau and Newcal

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Gileno, Kim and Bo

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A little 'Air Cricket' played by Colin, Wal and Andy at a rest stop...yes, we actually found a clay cricket pitch! Note bemused onlookers in the background.

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Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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Just sent a check for $129 off today. :rant: More details to follow, and it couldn't of happened with a better group of guys! :)

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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If It had not been for Mike Green's (Newcal) fantastic bowling i could not have caught a slips catch of Andy Greens bat and Wal (the Wicki) could not have appealed to the umpire, Andy was out for a duck

NOW i hope that is clear to the baseball players :-) ;-)

regards

from slips

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L-R Christine and Jeff, Lee, Colin, Wal, Andy, Jeff, Randy, Tim, Gileno, Mike, Daryl

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Jeff Brusseau and Newcal

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Gileno, Kim and Bo

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A little 'Air Cricket' played by Colin, Wal and Andy at a rest stop...yes, we actually found a clay cricket pitch! Note bemused onlookers in the background.

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coastal north facing location

100klm south of Sydney

NSW

Australia

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Hey Daryl, I hope you don't mind me borrowing that cricket pic, classic, so funny.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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That's a great photo and a great effort by yourself Colin, Classic catch for sure!!

That photo is one of those freeze frames where I found myself wondering what happened next, Did you land on your feet Colin??? I'm thinking not??

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That's a great photo and a great effort by yourself Colin, Classic catch for sure!!

That photo is one of those freeze frames where I found myself wondering what happened next, Did you land on your feet Colin??? I'm thinking not??

Hi Ben

Yes i did land on my feet and threw the ball back to the bowler before Andy new what happened, Wal's "howzat" shout was confirmed by the 3rd umpire :-)

coastal north facing location

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The Larry Noblick groupies at Montgomery

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IPS representation at Sloppy Joe's in Key West

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Happy palm people at Fairchild

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Wal, Gileno and Alberto playing 'Air Soccer' (football)

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A nice relaxing dinner by the canal on our free day

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As usual the biennial looks though it was a ton of fun. The gardens look spectacular and the palm peeps look like they were having the time of their lives. Sorry that I had to miss it.

Robert

Trinidad!  Southernmost island in the Caribbean.

So many plants, So little space.

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Daryl. Ros and Wal inspecting the pitch before the game began

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Andy Green checking the depth of the cracks before he went into bat

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Daryl taking his position up as 3rd umpire

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Ross using the range finder to ensure the pitch was regulation Length

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You will notice Jeff Brusseau in the background wanting to join in, we wanted him in the silly mid on position, :-)

Great game of cricket :-)

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L-R Christine and Jeff, Lee, Colin, Wal, Andy, Jeff, Randy, Tim, Gileno, Mike, Daryl

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Jeff Brusseau and Newcal

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Gileno, Kim and Bo

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A little 'Air Cricket' played by Colin, Wal and Andy at a rest stop...yes, we actually found a clay cricket pitch! Note bemused onlookers in the background.

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coastal north facing location

100klm south of Sydney

NSW

Australia

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Andy Green

Time out and loving it

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Jack Sayer in Action

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Jeff Searle, i think this way is up, was a big night

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Nice

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Ross Mylrea from Rockhampton Queensland

In deep thought on what size container he would need to take the palms home in :-)

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Paco Marti IPS director from Valencia Spain

his smile says "it does not get much better than this!"

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Tomas Perez from Valencia Spain

i still have room in my garden to plant this, What do you mean i cannot take it home?

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enjoy

Colin

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Looks like lots of fun. Was great hanging out with the Aussies at Don Hodel's.

Safe travels, all.

SoCal and SoFla; zone varies by location.

'Home is where the heart suitcase is'...

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"If, as they say, there truly is no rest for the wicked, how can the Devil's workshop be filled with idle hands?"

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Looks like lots of fun. Was great hanging out with the Aussies at Don Hodel's.

Safe travels, all.

Nice to meet you too Ken, that was a great day at Don's.

I see California Chrome missed out on the treble.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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Looks like lots of fun. Was great hanging out with the Aussies at Don Hodel's.

Safe travels, all.

Nice to meet you too Ken, that was a great day at Don's.

I see California Chrome missed out on the treble.

Hope you didn't have much money on that race, Wal...

Pleasure meeting y'all, and I'm sure Don enjoyed the visit as well.

One of these days I'll have to come to Oz; hopefully before the next Triple Crown failure... ;)

SoCal and SoFla; zone varies by location.

'Home is where the heart suitcase is'...

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"If, as they say, there truly is no rest for the wicked, how can the Devil's workshop be filled with idle hands?"

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Just sent a check for $129 off today. :rant: More details to follow, and it couldn't of happened with a better group of guys! :)

and ... ?

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Here's a couple of group shots from:

Rest area (John Stretch Memorial Park - aptly named!)

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Highlands Hammock

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Archbold Biological Station

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Thanks Daryl, I'll be posting more later this week.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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A few more...

Corypha monkey Jeff

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A little dancing at Fairchild

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El Hoagie!

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How do you play a Gourd?

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Nice T-Shirts!

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Ajoke from Nigeria and I rest at the Hammock

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Daryl with new hair design at Archbold

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Catching some of the biennial folk taking a ride around Fairchild

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Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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Absolutely love the people pictures!! Thanks you guys.

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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Great to know Walter is doing ok . Loved visiting his garden when we lived in Jacksonville

Palms not just a tree also a state of mind

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