Became interested in daylilies in 1997. Went to my first daylily lecture, given by Warren Bramly, that spring. Went to my first daylily garden, Arcadian daylilies, that summer. Joined the Ontario Daylily Society that fall. Subsequently joined the American Hemerocallis Society. Have attended a number of regional and national conventions in the intervening years. My first crosses were made summer of 2016. My first registration was 2022.