needing a break

I've been working hard this afternoon on a lecture I'm preparing for which takes place at the end of the this month.  It will actually be a lecture/workshop at the Guilford Horticulture Symposium, Guilford County, NC on February 27.  I'm quite humbled to be back in the 'hot seat' again speaking in front of a group of like-minded individuals interested in plants and gardening.  It's been a long time since I've presented, and I'm really excited to be doing it for these folks. 

I've been an attendee of this symposium for many years, almost as long as I've been living in NC, and I think it's one of the best.  They really put on a good program, and always get some great keynote speakers. 

My workshop will be on container gardening, something I've been doing for a long, long time.  I first learned the craft of putting containers together from my aunt in NY.  Watching her choose plant combinations was inspirational and educational.  I feel like I've come a long way over the years with my ability to put together some good combos, but there will always be one or three a year that just don't pass muster.  I guess that's all part of the learning process.  Anyway, I digress...

Preparing for this lecture hasn't been easy.  I realized that I don't have nearly enough pictures in my library to make a whole presentation, so I had to borrow the majority of them from my sister and her husband.  Thanks to them my slide show has been saved!  I have so many that I don't know if I'll be able to use them all; but, better to have too many than not enough. 

I've been organizing, reducing image sizes, and planning the flow of the lecture.  It's been tiresome sitting here in front of the computer going through them all, so I decided I needed a break.  I could write, I thought!  I haven't done that in a while.  So here I am writing about doing, when I really should be doing.  Hey, I've got to play now and then every once in a while.  And besides, I've really been working hard today.  I'm in my 4th hour of it, so a break is well deserved.