It was a soft landing for Tracy Zins, above, as he plopped onto a mattress with his girlfriend Teri Bauer at the Minneapolis Home and Garden Show at the downtown Convention Center. But the hard truth was that Sunday marked the end of the six-day event that spanned two weekends. Elizabeth Paulus and 10-month-old Nora Zimmerman, right, made sure to smell the flowers.
![Elizabeth Paulus smelled the flowers with her 10-month old daughter Nora Zimmerman as her fiancÈe John Zimmerman stood nearby during the Home and the Garden Show at the Minneapolis Convention Center Sunday March 6, 2016 in Minneapolis, MN. ] Jerry Holt/Jerry.Holt@Startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/VNRVKZWFFM774ZRMDE4O4MKWMU.jpg?&w=1080)
