Hi, WGS members, Just a note to tell you how much I enjoyed your festival at the Botannical gardens in Madison a few weeks ago. I'm going to Durand IL this...
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Apr 27, 2009 2:58 pm
Welcome, Bonnie! Glad to have a fellow gourder aboard! Hope to see you at some of our classes - I live in Southeast WI (about 20 miles west of Milwaukee),...
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wannagourd
Apr 27, 2009 4:09 pm
 Hi Bonnie,  Welcome to the club. My name is Terri and I am orginally from Wisc. I live in Tucson Arizona right now and have been here about 25 years. I...
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cabinmade17
Apr 27, 2009 5:21 pm
Hi, All, As a new member getting aquainted, I posted a new photo album of some of my work. Please visit it at the album site if you'd like. Thanks and Good...
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cabinmade17
Apr 27, 2009 8:05 pm
Hi,Terri, Thanks for the welcome! A couple of our local Patch members here on the IL/IA border in the NorthWest Central end of IL went to your AZ Festival this...
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cabinmade17
Apr 27, 2009 8:16 pm
Hi, Patti, Thanks for the Welcome! I'm from Port Byron, IL, just a mile off the Mississippi River and a few miles North of the Quad City Area(Moline, East...
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thegourdgirl
Apr 28, 2009 1:30 pm
welcome to the group, bonnie! and congratulations on your artwork in the competition during the festival. you've done some beautiful work. looking forward to...
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barb.rothwell
Apr 28, 2009 2:44 pm
Hi Bonnie, Just took a second to check out the WGS site and saw your wonderful gourd photos. I es[ecially liked your tulip drum. Really nice work. Barb...
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cabinmade17
Apr 28, 2009 11:27 pm
Hi, Barb, Thanks so much! That was the first drum I did. They are so much fun but time consuming. Going to look for some more big gourds at Jack's place for a...
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cabinmade17
Apr 28, 2009 11:35 pm
Hi, Terri, Thanks, and thanks again. My first gourd competition, what fun! I was on pins and needles all day. Everyone's competition pieces were wonderful....
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patti_stiles
Apr 29, 2009 2:49 pm
Bonnie, Talked to Jack at the festival and he told me about a big sale he was having, but I forgot the dates. Do you know when it is? Thanks! Also looked at...
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patti_stiles
Apr 29, 2009 4:07 pm
Bonnie, Have a quick question - I saw Jack at the Festival and he gave me a card with the dates of his big sale coming up, but I lost it! Do you know when ...
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thegourdgirl
Apr 29, 2009 6:43 pm
hey bonnie!! you're so funny...i guess you looked a little lost in that parking lot at olbrich...and glad i could direct you. it was terrific meeting you and...
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cabinmade17
Apr 29, 2009 9:43 pm
I'm going to try to go to the Chicago show in Sept, but not sure yet. It falls just a few weeks before our own gourd festival in Orion IL on the 26th of Sept...
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cabinmade17
Apr 29, 2009 9:51 pm
Hi, Patti, Jack's festival is this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, homegrown strawberry popcorn around the campfire on Saturday evening. If you do a mapquest...
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cabinmade17
Apr 30, 2009 5:39 pm
Patti, I had trouble on mapquest finding Jack's place, don't know if you ran into the same problem. His actual info is: Jack Schandelmeier Grain and Gourd Farm...
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philward68
Apr 30, 2009 6:53 pm
All, Unless our grandaughter is born by Saturday my wife Cindy and I are planning on heading down to Durand. Don't know how I will recognize a WGS person but...
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thegourdgirl
May 1, 2009 2:26 am
the flatlanders would say we're the ones with the cheese heads!!...
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patti_stiles
May 1, 2009 8:33 pm
Thanks, Bonnie! Google maps worked fine and I will be there tomorrow and will definitely look for you! See you then! Patti Stiles **************Join...
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cabinmade17
May 16, 2009 5:12 pm
I'd like to invite you to "A Gourdeous Day in the Country" Gourd Festival in rural Orion, IL, Saturday, Sept 26, 2009, 9:00am-4:00pm outside Orion, IL, at...
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thegourdgirl
May 19, 2009 12:26 pm
Hi Kelly - Welcome to the Wisconsin Gourd Society and to our yahoo site. This is a great place to post questions and get to know new folks, so don't be shy!...
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czertler
May 20, 2009 2:36 pm
Hi everyone, I work with the teen group at the Menomonie Public library and one of the programs we will be hosting this summer is making gourd bird houses. My...
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cabinmade17
May 20, 2009 4:02 pm
Colleen, Let me know if you find any up there. I'll mail you some from down here in Illinois if you don't come up with any closer to home. Bonnie Adams ... ...
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patti_stiles
May 20, 2009 11:04 pm
Hi, I live in Merton (outside of Hartland) and have some birdhouses - what size are you looking for? And do you want them clean or not clean? Let me know! ...
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terri schmit
thegourdgirl
May 21, 2009 7:51 pm
Hi Colleen - We're in Blue Mounds and have lots of birdhouse gourds, so if Patti doesn't have what you need, I'm sure we do. If you come into Madison on a...
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czertler
May 26, 2009 10:10 pm
Hi Patti, I'm not sure where you are located but I am looking for medium size and I can clean them myself. Thanks, Colleen ________________________________ ...
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patti_stiles
May 27, 2009 6:42 pm
Colleen, I have lots of med. size birdhouses; does $2.00/gourd sound okay? I'm about 20-25 min. from Menomonee Falls (sp.?). I'm North - the easiest way is...
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czertler
May 27, 2009 9:19 pm
Oops, Wrong Menomonie. I am located just east of the Twin Cities on the west side of the state. Thanks anyway Colleen ________________________________ From:...
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thegourdgirl
May 30, 2009 12:57 am
Hi Colleen - Well, Blue Mounds is about 3.5 hours away - but if you're ever in this area, give us a call or email and maybe we can work something out. terri...
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cabinmade17
Jun 3, 2009 7:16 pm
Thought you guys might be interested in this, maybe you already know about it! A gourd artist out East mentioned that she uses her dremel with the wiry little...
