Garden Members of The Month
By Bonnie



CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GARDEN MEMBER OF THE MONTH!!

STAFF MEMBER
Our Staff Member of the Month is one that nearly everyone knows. She's a hard worker, dedicated to her duties, and those who work with her are so grateful to have her on their team. Here's what one of her team mates have to say about her:

"She's been here almost 7 years.... She spends 90% of her time doing wosib things. She's Organizational Staff, LOA Manager, Head of Quilters, Celebrator PageManager, stays up late every night to send out those pages. She's always there for all of us.... There are some of us old timers here.... NONE of us have put in the time and work for almost 7 years like KSUE...."

Idgie and I agree!!! We're so lucky to have her in our Organization Staff and gardens. Please join me in congratulating Kuntry Sue as our May 2007 Staff Member of the Month!!!

P.S. She is also Staff Spotlight of the Month for May!

BIG SISTERS
WOSIB Sister Gardens


BUTTERFLIES
The Social Butterflies are pleased to announce that our Butterfly of the Month is Rita. Rita has always gone above and beyond the call of duty with her assignments. In addition she is a delight to work with. You can send your congratulations to Rita at: http://www3.sympatico.ca/sue.lang/Rita.htm


CELEBRATORS
The COTM for April are:
Pagemaker has been in garden almost 4 years. Always willing to take on more work. Always has the pages assigned to her ready and turned in early! Our Pagemaker for April is Orca.

Gifter/Signer has been in celebrators for 2 years as of April :) She a joy to have in the garden, never misses signing books :) Our Gifter/Signer for April is GrannyDancer (Paula)
Congratulations ladies.


CRITTERS
Congratulations to our Critter Keeper of the Month....Barbara!
Barbara jumped right in as Assistant Garden Head after joining the Critters Garden several months ago. The WOSIB Critters Garden Pet Show was her idea and she dedicated many hours to making our show a success. In the midst of the planning and organizing, she had to make an unexpected move into a new home AND got bronchitis...and she still managed to pull off a spectacular show!


FAE
The Fae Garden's Fae with Attitude for April is
Fairy Sprinkles


JUDGES
All our judges are Judge of the Month for May! Congratulations and thank you for all your work in making the Judges Garden a success!


LITERARY
Name: Lindamay
Email: bill_and_lindamay@msn.com
URL: http://www.angelfire.com/or2/lindamay/index.html

1.. What is your favorite Literary Garden Nook and why? Wow, that's a tough one, before I joined the Literary Garden I would most likely have said the Poetry Nook because I love to write poetry, but since I've been here I have found a new love in writing in the Fiction Nook, so for the moment I guess I would have to say the Fiction Nook. It's a place where you can delve deep inside and pull out stuff that when it's put together you can say, "wow, that's cool ... and it's not even true!" Let's me go places in my mind is what I like.

2.. What do you like best about being a member of the Garden? The other members! Being here in the garden makes me feel like it's okay that I don't have the time to socialize outside my home much, or that I don't have friends calling me and asking me out for coffee and a chat ... because I have tons of friends here and not a one of them requires anything more of me other than "myself" and those are the kind of friends I like to have. Here I get the opportunity to share what's inside of me, who I am and to feel what I say means something.

3.. Do you believe "the pen is mightier than the sword?" Why? Yes I do ... why? Ummm, can't think of a thing at the moment that would suffice for an answer to that.

4.. If you had the chance to speak on international television and your speech had to be about you, what would you tell the world? Humm, not sure what I'd say, maybe this. "First, let me tell you something you all need to know! I am related to you, or at least thousands of you I am anyway and if that bothers you, well, then maybe you need to stop and take a look at your lives and how you treat other people because of the way they look. Just because we may not all have the same color as you, doesn't mean we aren't first cousins and all ... because we probably are! We are a people who have been given the gift of knowing what choices are good, and what choices are bad, and when you know it is wrong to treat people bad then you need to dig down deep and stop worrying about what others will say if you don't follow their lead ... be a stand-up person and be kind and fair to everyone.

5.. Do you have any pets? Yes I do, I have a cat named Violet.

6.. When life gets you down, who can make you laugh? My husband can and does, always has.

7.. Do you collect anything? If so, care to share? I collect Eagles, nick-nacks of them, pictures, ceramics, etc. I love eagles. I also collect nostalgic miniature shoes & boots, the old fashion kind. I love the era of times behind me.

8.. Can you tell us one thing about yourself that we might find surprising? I was chosen to be the Solo Violest when I graduated the 9th grade and was headed to high school. I had played Violin since I was about 6 years old and when we were in our last few days of school, Mr. Kirkland, our music teacher, asked me if I would like to be the Solo Violist with the Orchestra in High School. I was a very shy person in school, didn't have the coolest clothes and was lacking in some serious self confidence in my teenage years ... and so I said "no." Not because I didn't want to, but because at the moment he asked me, all I could think of, or actually visualize, was me having to be up on that stage all by myself as the only Violest and that was about as terrifying as it gets for someone like me. If they asked me today, I would say yes ... and I'd play for whoever with the confidence of a natural born player. (My brother is thinking of letting me use his son's Violin so I can try my hand it again and see if what I had is still there.)

9.. What is your favorite thing to do on a rainy day? I like to sit and draw. I used to like to sit and work on my genealogy, but I've found that drawing helps soothe me inside from all my health problems.

10.. Who or what inspires you to write? Life inspires me to write.


PIXEL PARK
Ashley


Quilters
Congratulations to Jules whom we have chosen as our Quilter for the Month of May 2007. Jules is an integral part of our group and is always there when we are working or playing. Always gets her assignments done and joins in on the fun. Congratulations Jules. We are pleased to present you with this award this month Click HERE to visit Jule's site:


RECEIVERS
Corina
Congratulations and Thank You Corina for all that you do as a member of our Garden ! **** HER URL IS : http://www.angelfire.com/amiga/cori_weij **** You can read her questionaire answers here: http://www.wosib.org/receivers/ Click ROM!


RESOURCE
Our member of the month is Ladybug Lady. Ladybug Lady is on the staff of the Resources Garden and does an outstanding job of removing the spam from our directory which is a monumental task! She is a JOY to know and work with. You can visit her and leave your congratulations at: http://www.freespaces.com/vwinsect/


REVUE
Colinda and I are pleased to announce that our Wosib Revue Member of the Month for May/2007 is Dee. She is a wonderful lady always helpful to others and a joy to work with. Please visit Dee at her home HERE and show her how much you care for her. Dee you can pick up your plaque HERE.
Hugs. Rita Wosib Revue Garden Head
Colinda-Assistant Wosib Revue Garden Head


Snail Mail
Cheryll


TLC
Our TLC MOTM has been with us awhile....she's always prompt to turn in her spoiling assignments and tries her best to keep up with support requests. Our MOTM is.....Eva Mickilv!!!