hello there adeleds, thanks for playing, and best of luck to you. i hope you have familiarized yourself with all the exceedingly complex legal details surrounding your participation, as well as the lasting effects of growing orchids... but either way, with the yahoos around here, you have a good a chance of winning as any!!

and pay no mind to the spanish peanut gallery :biggrin: its almost as if they are trying to mount some large scale takeover...all prayers that they aren’t sunk by the 31st :evil:

but we have a tight pack forming around mid november, with our newest contestant at the front with a solid guess of 10.11, then shadeflower ( still playing shade?) on 11.11, and rounded out by mygreenpets on the 12th! big days ahead folks!! keep those fingers crossed that a pesky breeze or inattentive waterer doesn’t bring the whole thing down in moment of inattentive inattentiveness.

more updates as we progress....

and following fuertaravs lead, here are some musical selections for your monday:

Peter Tosh - Downpressor Man - YouTube (Originally a Spanish song, who knew?!)

Hands Across America 1986 - YouTube

Gipsy Kings - El Camino - YouTube (my fav spanish song...viva los gypsie kings!!)

Rosa López ~ Europe's Living a Celebration [Spain] (Eurovisión Song Contest 2002 Grand Final) - YouTube

let’s celebrate us all being totally awesome!!

Don't get me started posting music. We'd be here till next Labor Day! (In case you haven't heard, I'm a collector, and it's a bigger passion than orchids.)

With the bud already well-formed in that most recent photo, the Halloweeners might be right on track.

You just kill me with Rosa's video! We thought we'll going to celebrate with a real Spanish diva ...🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

@Fuerte get your champagne glass ready (we don't accept less)

https://c.tenor.com/jvZNvJ7i1SgAAAAd...rta-alaska.gif

hahahah, the rosa vid was courtesy of my girlfriend! she couldn’t get the song out of her head and was singing it all day. but i always joke with her that the real king and queen of spain are antonio banderas and penelope cruz. she hates me sometimes :roll:

ooops, dewey, cheatham,and howe have just informed us of a potentially massive, and costly, oversight. we regret to inform our newest participant adeleds, that the registered vote was incorrect, and actually your post reflects a date of 18.11, not 10.11. the people hosting this are pretty slow sometimes

we sincerely apologize to shade ( 🤷🏻*♂️ ) and mygreenpets....

we’ve pretty much written the spanish off. call it nationalism, hahahahah, or call it slow development, but it probly ain’t happening by halloween. sorry folks


you know.... gotta keep it real and all....

And who is on the next possible winning date?

no....who is still on first

:evil:

kidding, but after you guys on halloween, then shadedlower on 11.11 and mygreenpets on 12.11. still holding out hope for you guys on next week, but like i said, development has slowed now that the buds are forming.

nothing like watching your horse pull up lame on the home stretch, but such is gambling your fortune away on silly games!! good thing we already have your entrance fee

happy halloween ob!

keeping in the spirit of the holiday i would like to congratulate fuertarav and sade on their non-win! i hope you halloweeners bask in the ethereal glow of half-formed buds.

and dare i once again draw attention to the spooooooky irony that is our next, and very possibly winning contestant, SHADEFLOWER!


hahahaha, trick or treat, smell my feet, gimme something good to eat......👻🎃

As a moderator... a Super Moderator with inexplicable powers... I cannot vote. Since voting is now closed and I won't influence, it looks like :thanksgiving: to me.