I am new at the rose thing....so most of mine were planted last year. Glamis Castle-drops leaves everytime you turn around,but nice blooms Pat Austin-beautiful, but needs to be propped up, hopefully will be better next year. Breden- Very small Gertrude Jekyll- Got leggy, so I moved it and pruned it by half. She is behaving very well in her new home and nice blooms. Golden Celebration-very small, only a couple of blooms this year, on one side of a arbor Graham Thomas-on the other side of the arbor, my favorite.Large blooms, smells devine and is getting quite some size on him. Tradescant-Lots of flowers Winchester Cathedral-about the same as Mary Rose Mary Rose-nice bush, quite a few blooms, some bs Dark Lady-only buds so far, but should bloom this week yellow Charles Austin-didn't bloom last year, but have a few buds so far. He is mostly putting on some size. Generous Gardener-Quite a few blooms on her, will let you know how it smells tomorrow. Leander-I think I'm gonna love this one too. Lovely Child-this is a sport off of Tamora I got from RU last year. More blooms than you can count. I was surprised because it is a small bush. Now for the bad news....bad attack of bs on everything. I have tried the spray with baking soda and dish soap, but not much is helping. I really don't want to spray chemicals because of my grandkids. But, if by next week things don't improve, it's bayer for the flower children, and grandkids can play out back. Got 2 Falstaff from Wally world (courtsey of Hubby) and Abe Darby this year, so these are way to new to say. So we shall see. Mary

ok, I got out there, started shovelling (have no idea what I'm doing), neighbor came over, invited me for wine...............what can I say.............the shovelling went for a poop! Fortunately, she has a son who was willing to take on the job............and wouldn't take any money! I said, "you have to take money, how can I hire you again, if you think you won't get paid? Anyway, have had way too much wine, need to go to bed........talk to you all tomorrow! Nitey nite! Laurel

Lake Mayor - if you click on "my page", then click on "my journal" and then click on "teresa_MN's page" it will bring you to a link to my email. Send me your address. I got to the post office today and there were no less than a couple hundred people. I will take an earlier bus tomorrow morning and go to the PO when they open at 6:30. So Shambo and all others should get their rice Saturday. Lou - no need to send me anthing. I found a package of goodies on my steps today that came from you! That will be a seperate thread. This was really fun! And Joshua did a great job picking a good mix of folks. A couple have never had the rice, some people I know, one I've never heard of! I was very happy to be able to share rice this year. I've never seen a crop like this, and I don't expect I ever will again. There have been years I have ordered rice from Deer River, Minnesota when our crop was slim. I ordered 30 lbs of rice from the guy a couple weeks ago for a friend who was coming to town for Thanksgiving. The shipping to my house was cheaper than shipping it to Texas. I had plans to meet this friend for drinks and I handed off the rice then. If anyone wants the name of that place, let me know. There are several rice sellers in Deer River, but only one has hand harvested lake rice. Teresa

How fun! I have been out of town and very busy so I have not been on the forum in almost 2 weeks. What a big surprise to see that my fabric was one of the worst! I don't think I could "win" any quilting contest/challenge on this forum, but at least I have a shot when it comes to UGLY fabric. LOL. Thanks for hosting this Bev. I'm looking forward to seeing what you can make of all of these uglies. Lola