Good news form Jen & Paul Cameron:

Hi! I hope that you're all doing well. I got an email from Jenn today and thought that I would share the wonderful news. Take care of yourselves....I love ya'll!

EMail from Jenn:
Hey everybody...No, I am not prego, but we are gettin' the h--- outta Del Rio. I am sorrythat we have fallen of off the face of the earth lately, but life has beensuper hectic. Paul's entire Air Force career was determined last night,Drop Night.

Drop Night, is the one night at the end of pilot training where each pilotfinds out what plane they will be flying, which ultimately determines theirmissions, and what base they will be stationed at next. The instructors getup in front of everyone and tell stories and make fun of all of the stupidthings that the pilot's did during piliot training and everyone begins totap the kegs. It is the best party of the year.

So, I guess you are wondering what we got!...Well, we are moving to Fairfield, California to fly the KC-10 at Travis AFB. Each pilot had to rank the 18 planes and bases according to theirpreference. They of course try to give each pilot one of their top choices,but it all depends on how each pilot is ranked in the class. I am so proudof how hard Paul has worked this past year and yesterday we found out thathe was ranked 1st out of all of the active duty pilot's and 2nd out of allof the pilots. It is a huge accomplishment for him, especially since theone Guard/Reserve pilot that is ranked ahead of him came into training withover 1400 flying hours and Paul came in with only 44 hours. Needless tosay, Paul got his first choice of plane and base. When they announced it,all of the pilots were so excited for Paul...they all ran up and piled ontop of him. I started to cry happy tears...I was so excited!

Fairfield is in Nothern California, only 30 min from Sacramento, 1.5 hrsfrom San Francisco, 1.5 hrs from camping, 2 hrs from Lake Tahoe, close toNapa Valley, 1.5 hrs from the beach and 3 hrs from Las Vegas. Ya'll willhave to come visit! We will probably leave within the next 6-8 wks and wewill be in Cali for 3-4 years. Paul will only be deployed 3-4 months out ofeach year and then just fly weekly missions every so often.Okay, I will quit bragging about my hubby and how proud I am of him. I amjust thrilled that we will be moving some place that has a mall!Love always, Jenn

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Ok, so i was under the impression Chad had left land and was
underwater, until he called me this morning around 6:30. He may be on
land for another day, or he may be leaving shortly, either way, if you
were thinking of emaling him, now is a good time. Even after he gets
off land he will be able to check his emails for another few days
until they go on silence again.

Just wanted to let you all know... but generally he is safe and sound!

sorry...hope you enjoy my regular blog posting

Now I just have to figure a way to get it to the other blog! Uggh.

Lent Lily, Blue Roman Hyacinth, 'Golden Harvest', Spider Web

Busy days yesterday and today, but I know you all might enjoy some pictures from the farm. We have released the next botanical print in our series of drawings by Ann Swan. Be sure to check them out at www.southernbulbs.com.

It was a foggy morning yesterday morning with a lot of dew on the ground, and the water made for some really great pictures. This first one below is a crocus we have blooming in the field.

This Lent lily is keeping a strong stalk even when loaded down with water.

Our blue Roman hyacinths continue to shoot up bloom stalks. The whites are nearly almost done now.

Lent lilies (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) often make nice drifts of traditional daffodil color and form.

The light behind this Narcissus casts some nice shadows on the tepals.

This spider decided to make a web in some of our white rain lilies (Zephyranthes candida).




Fischer and this daffodil both look to the sun for some warmth.

Chad Update 02.21.07

hello again!

i hope everyone is doing well... i just thought id updated everyone
with the little, but new information i have...

so chad left tokyo about 2 weeks ago... but ended up in another city
in japan for a few days this week while they were fixing some things.

he sounds good... though he says he's ready to come home.

at this point i believe he will be home somewhere around 6-11 days
before his birthday... so a little later than originally scheduled.

other than that, he will have email for the next few days on the boat
- i'm sure he would love to hear from you all... and will most likely
be at port again around the 18th or so of march for a few days...

not much new, but i thought i'd let you know.

Stefanie!

Chad Update 02.04.07

Hi Again -

I just wanted to let everyone know that Chad is safely on land,
probably for the remainder of this week. I spoke to him on the phone
a couple times and i know he will call again.

He sounds good... other than he says he's ready to come home... but
he's always looking at the bright side of things... they got into port
in time to watch the superbowl so they're having a party and i think
they'll have some fun which is good.

While he's at port, he will also be checking his regular gmail account
so if you wanted to send him anything there, it might be faster than
through the navy... but again that will be just till the end of the
week... then back to the navy email. I'm sure he'd love to hear from
anyone who's not me... lol i send MANY emails every day... someone
else would probably be a welcomed change.

Anyway, not too much news... but if you have any questions you can
always email me!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend... and enjoying Superbowl
Sunday! I know Chad would much prefer to be watching it with you guys
than where he is!

Love to all...
Stefanie