Today we went to the African Violet Show at the Olbrich Gardens. There were three areas for display. The entry area contained sample plants to show off some of the unique qualities of violets. Then there was the diorama area where violets are encorporated in a "Green Bay Packer" theme- very appropriate for such a football dominated state. The last section was the largest consisting of several tables displaying all the entries in the show.

I thought it was really nice that every entry received a ribbon, even if they didn't win. It was also nice to see lots of the plants that I already own displayed in their finest. Of course we couldn't resist the buyers table. I always like to go around one time first to look at all of the possibilities. The second time we pick up our favorites. We picked up some nice new treasures- Mark chose Alps, a pale blue chimara- we were fortunate to pick up a little starter from one of the ladies I see every sale. We also picked up some more starter leaves- since I am having such luck with the soilless mixture, I have more confidence to get some leaves.

After dropping off our special treasures, and grabbing a bit to eat, we headed off to play games at Pegasus. Mark has gone to the Sunday game playing before, but this was my first time. The first game we played was Alhambra. It was a nice visual game where you collect pieces to put in your courtyard garden- after the first couple of rounds watching the people who have played before, you catch on that having long walls is a large part of winning the game. At the end I had a wall of 15 due to good luck and won. Next we played Keythedral, a large part of the game delt with moving the impermanent gameboard. This was quite fustrating since one little bump and all of the pieces shift. An interesting idea, but I would need to play it again before I consider buying it.