We are going to our first Koi Club meeting.

[Cinnamon]

We will be going to our first Koi club meeting on Saturday with Ralph and Diane Bates. Ralph said Brett will be there also. I believe it is the MKK Club. It should be a lot of fun. Ralph said we could learn a lot. So we are there :)

[Jackie Ramo]

Koi clubs can be a lot of fun. Nice folks and a change to learn and share interests. Wasn't Martin doing a photo seminar at that club???

[Cinnamon]

Jackie yes he was. And I missed him :(((( IT was the weekend we put the DIY filter into service. That could not be postponed :( I was sad about it..

[Jackie Ramo]

I will say this... Martin may never come to visit again, the filter could have waited a week... shame on you !bonk :smile:

I'd have gone if the pond was draining!

[Cinnamon]

I wanted to soooo bad. <sigh>

[luke frisbee]

martin's pics are very well focused.

But BRETT!

YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT. YOU WILL NEVER GET AROUND A MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND INTERTAINING KOI PERSON EVER AGAIN..... UNLESS YOU SEE BRETT NEXT YEAR AND HE IS SMARTER AND FUNNIER AFTER BEING ANOTHER YEAR ON THE VINE

[Jackie Ramo]

I think Brett has a fan. :grin:

[Cinnamon]

Luke Brett really is a classic! I enjoyed my trip down there so much. He is a riot! I am looking forward to seeing him again. I try to soak up everything he says. I sent him an email and told him to be prepared because I was coming Saturday :lol:

[Cinnamon]

We did go to the Meeting. It was so informative. I learned so much. I was like a sponge soaking everything up! I was told this was a learning club. I believe it. One guy that did his talk is a member. He is the ONLY non-Japenese accredited Koi Judge in the world!! He knows his stuff. He did his talk on how to tell a good Kohaku and what to look for in young fish. I even took a notebook and took notes. He kept looking at me in the meeting. He would stop and ask if anyone wanted to stop. I wouldn't say a word and just look around. I was so engrossed I could have listend for hours to him. One person made the comment about how interested I was in it. I said, "Did it show?" :lol: !rofl She said Oh yes!! They also told me that the guy is thrilled when someone is that interested and that is why he kept going on and on. I was sure hoping someone wouldn't say they had enough :lol:

We bought 4 raffle tickets and I won 3 gifts :) I won a pond windsock, a fish statue, and floating silk water lillies. I had to friends think they were real!

Luke Brett was there. The first thing I told him was, "No I didn't feed my faded fish to my cat!" He said you need to so I could come down and pick an other one haha.

[Jackie Ramo]

Do you remember the speakers name?

Brett, always a business man looking for a sale :lol:

[Cinnamon]

Jackie I don't remember. I am horrible with names but I am going to find out.


I just found his name. It is Ron Goforth.

[BonnieIN]

Sounds like a wonderful time! We have no pond clubs here locally. I believe the closest is at least 90 minutes away. :(

[Cinnamon]

Bonnie we had to drive about an hour and a half. All their meetings are in the Houston area. I don't know how many of the others we may get to make as a lot are over 2 hrs away. It gets very hard for me on trips sometimes. It was fun :)

[Jackie Ramo]

Even if you can't make every meeting it never hurts to join the club. Some of our members are quite distant but make a couple of meetings a year.