Yes, in just over a week's time, on 31st October, the Terrifying Triffids will be released heralding the 15th annual
I N F O M A N I A C
GARDEN PHOTOS EVENT
I hope you've all been taking photos of how your expansive grounds | bijou courtyard | overgrown wilderness | rampant houseplants | tasteful city garden | impenetrable jungle | potted paradise [delete as applicable] has grown over the year, as I'll want your carefully curated selections - along with terse or verbose captions - in my in-box by Wednesday 29th October, please.*
And remember also to include a photo or two of a particularly spooky plant in your collection - or, failing that, a rather more mundane plant which has been snapped at an odd angle/close-up/while drunk - to join the rest of the Terrifying Triffidery on Hallowe'en.
This blog's gmail address for sending your photos & captions into is in my profile on top of the Sideboard over there. Or, if you have the Host's personal hotmail address, you can use that instead.
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For anyone new to this/with only a few houseplants/concerned about your gardening abilities (etc.) who may be wondering if you can take part: Yes, you can!
As you can see by looking back through previous Garden Photos Events (see my handy GPE Page) pretty much anything goes - and the more the merrier! You don't have to provide dozens of photos - one or two will be fine - and there'll be no judging or negative critique. After all, in the exasperated tone of the GPE originator herself, The Very Mistress:
May I remind you that the Garden Photos Event is NOT a competition!
If you have any questions, thoughts, or ideas about the GPE, please sound off in the comments.
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* But, because I am a soft touch, as long as some of you send in your photos by then, the rest of you lallygaggers can have a bit longer. But not much longer, mind! I have things to do, and I don't want to be curating photos all the way through November. (I'll leave it up to you to decide who's going to be in my good books by getting their photos in on time, and who will earn under-my-breath mutterings and a spectacular eye roll come 30th October. Or later. Almost certainly later.)
(As of this writing, we've received Triffid photos from five of you, and garden - indoor and out - photos from three of you lovely Bloggerati. The rest of you - get your skates on!)
See you and your triffids - good or evil - next week!

I hope you got mine, I had to rush to send them before I left town. I think I sent them to your regular email.
ReplyDeleteI did and you did. My hard drive is sated.
DeleteI will be wearing my GPE gold star throughout November and possibly well into December. Thank you, Mr Devine!
ReplyDeleteSx
Be sure to buff it until it gleams, Ms Scarlet. Until it gleams!
DeleteOurs will be winging their way to you this weekend, Mr DeVice! Jx
ReplyDeleteIt seems they have been slightly delayed by these high winds we're having. I'm sure they'll be waiting in my in-box when I get out of the bath in a couple of hours time (I'm about to get in).
DeleteI've sent you a couple of pics of my rotting flanges.
ReplyDeleteA more putrid pair I have never before seen, Mitzi!
DeleteI sent the plant that ate everything and I hope you received it, sweetpea!
ReplyDeleteI have, dear Savvy. But it ate everything before I could wrestle it into a blog post!
DeleteI have nothing. However, I wish to gaze upon all the beauty submitted by others. I may need a gas mask for Mitzi's rotting flanges.
ReplyDeleteNothing, Very Mistress? Nothing?!
DeleteFortunately, I have prepared for such a scenario. In the absence of the Infomaniac Duck (and the Hexenhäusli Device Dove and Jackdaw), a new avian pair are waiting in the wings for their bid at stardom!
As for Mitzi's rotting flanges, I'd bring a couple of cans of Febreze in case the seals go on your gas mask.
*it is a contest and some of us know that* IYKYK
ReplyDeleteIs that why you remodelled your garden? To win the GPE?!
DeleteSavvy!!!
By the by, I want to go ON RECORD as having sent MY photos in BEFORE the dealing without having to be chastized about my tardiness as in the past! (So, I won, right?) xoxo
ReplyDeleteWell, yes, I have received some photos from you, that's true.
DeleteBUT! This could be a one-off. Let's see how next year goes before I start handing out trophies and prizes and the like, shall we?
Not that I'd do such a thing, because the GPE is NOT a contest, of course.
*damn autocorrect* I meant DEADLINE! xoxo
ReplyDeleteAnd it could easily have been "delay" ;) xx
DeleteI think you know me TOO well, sweetpea! xoxo
ReplyDeleteGAwd - pushy are we ? Yes, I snapped, copied, and sent, it's worth the price !
ReplyDelete(I hope the appendix is not too large ? If you have difficulties downloading, please tell me, I'll shrink 'em ...)