Happy to be here

[l8dbug]

Hi there!

I'm Sara. I'm addicted to slipper orchids. It has been three days since I bought my last orchid....

I finally decided to join your forum. I've been obsessed with orchids since high school. I started with one, and have been collecting them ever since.

I finally decided that I was fed up with being the only one I know obsessed with these flowers. (My husband falls asleep when I try to talk about my plants.)

I love growing them, I love taking pictures of them, and I even love painting them. Needless to say my house has walls covered with pictures and paintings of orchids.

This is my latest painting:
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/344/e/c/ladyslipper_by_luvleel8dbug-d6xh3u9.jpg

Here is my son with a phrag. eric young x kovachii:
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/109/c/4/david_and_the_flower_by_luvleel8dbug-d62axmu.jpg
(I'm hoping that he grows up to love orchids too!)

I'm just so happy to finally be a part of a community that appreciates these flowers. I hope I fit right in.

 

[eaborne]

Welcome from Cajun country! Nice pictures and you are very talented!

 

[JeanLux]

Welcome from Luxembourg!!!! Nice: the painting, the son and the kovach cross!!!! But I do not believe that this was your last purchase !! Jean

 

[Hera]

Welcome. You're very talented.

 

[NYEric]

Welcome from NYC!

 

[tomkalina]

Welcome from Chicago, where we're finally experiencing a thaw.......

 

[eggshells]

Welcome ladybug. Another artist wow. Your painting is beautiful. I don't have the talent for such so I admire people and their art very much.

P.S your son is very cute. Showing some interest with the slippers I see. You must be very happy to have another orchid person in the family.

 

[phraggy]

And a very warm welcome from NW England UK.

Talented artist!!

Ed

 

[eteson]

Welcome from the tropics.
Nice painting, nice plant an nice son!

 

[Rick]

Welcome from Tennessee!

How close are you to Wilmington?

The Cape Fear Orchid society is based out of Wilmington

 

[l8dbug]

Welcome from Tennessee!

How close are you to Wilmington?

The Cape Fear Orchid society is based out of Wilmington

Willmington? Only about a 45 min drive. I had no idea there was an orchid society that close. I tried to find one a few years back but the closest one I found at that time was three hours away. Thanks for the tip. I will look into that.

 

[abax]

Sara, welcome from KY. I know that glazed look when I start trying to
tell friends and loved ones about my orchids. Here you have an avid
audience so talk away! Lovely painting.

 

[Trithor]

Welcome, if you are looking for a group of people who are passionate about slippers, you have found a whole group of us.

 

[l8dbug]

Thank you all for the warm welcome. It is nice to share a painting and have a group of people know what kind of a flower it is.

My son is my little "helper". Sometimes he does more harm than good, but I can't be mad at him because he tries so hard.

I have lots of plants blooming and I can't wait to share them with you. I'm dying with anticipation waiting for them to open.

 

[NYEric]

Careful! "A watched pot never boils!!"

 

[SlipperFan]

Welcome to Slippertalk, Sara. Lovely images and cute son!

 

[Dido]

Hi and welcome from germany
nice flower and a proud son.

Is that a dog in the background

 

[l8dbug]

Hi and welcome from germany
nice flower and a proud son.

Is that a dog in the background

Lol! Good eye! Yeah that's our dog prince. He looks more like a lamb in that picture.

 

[Heather]

Welcome!