Jimmie's Painted Ladies

Introduction

This is a work in progress, so please bare with me while I get the bugs worked out. If you should happen see a bug or a link does not seem to work, please drop me an email and let me know. Thank you and enjoy your stay.

These Pages should look good when viewed through most browsers. Lately I have been using a browser named Firefox, so this site will work in Firefox with a minimum of change. If Firefox is unfamiliar to you there is a link at the bottom of this page to Firefox. Good news it is free. If you have trouble viewing any of these pages please let me the kind of browser you are using, the kind of problem that you have and what page(s) gives the problem. Thank you in advance. E-mail me at: Jimmie Toney

The idea and driving force behind this web page all started when one of the e-mail lists that I subscribe to. The list members were given the option of adding a page to groups web page or a link to a web page of our own. Since I am an adventurous sort of a character I decided on my own web page. First I learned HTML coding; I had been avoiding that for sometime. Second, was layout design. I decided to include my favorite past time, plants--mainly African violets (Painted Ladies)--I am not the best at them but they are fun. So welcome to my little corner of web real estate. Let's get a cup of coffee and sit back and see what the ole man has learned along the way. I hope that you enjoy my efforts.

My interest in African violets began as a child since mother always had some around the house. In the middle seventies the interest became a passion; before too long, I had quite a collection. Just when everything seemed to be growing just fine, I thought I had to give up my collection of African violets due to business concerns. Now I am able to finally get back to one of my favorite past times African violets. This time--with the help of friends--research on the internet, and the e-mail list I have a system that is working for me, and I have even managed to become a student African Violet judge and even had the honor to be on a couple of judging panels. I hope to explain in some detail in the next several pages the system that works for me so check back often to see what is developing as far as new pages. Until then you might want to check in with some of the organizations that I belong to for more information--African Violet Society of America, American Gloxinia and Gesneriad Society, Missouri Valley African Violet Council. Okay I know some of you are saying, where's the personal part or life history. Here it is the personal page

Throughout this website I have relied heavily on text found in two different publications the African Violet Society of America's Handbook For African Violet Growers, Exhibitors, and Judges, and Flower Show Manual For Judges And Exhibitors These handbooks may be purchased from the African Violet Society of America, and American Gloxinia and Gesneriad Society. The reason for doing so is to provide clear and accurate information for the areas that they are quoted in. I do strongly suggest that anyone that is serious about African violets join AVSA and purchase a copy of the manual.

Throughout this website the photographs of the plants have been sized to use in AVSA's First Class Version 2 computer program. You may find out more about the First Class Version 2 program here.