Thanks for asking. We had heavy rains, and we tried to caution our students to not make jokes if we had to shelter for a tornado, but we had no problem. I was even able to go out and pull some weeds in the late afternoon. I hope others in Oklahoma are ok also. Sammy

True_blue, 'John Davis' will bloom again on new wood, though the second "flush" generally isn't very significant. In order to climb, this rose NEEDS deeply dug fertile soil and feeding, otherwise you'll just end up with a shrub, but an attractive one at that. 'JD' can take zone 3 cold, but the biggest challenge is dealing with winter desiccation drying up the stems. Alberta (central Alberta included) will at times experience amazingly BALMY winter temps and the reflected heat from buildings will only further intensify and desiccate this rose. So, I water deeply prior to freeze up and attempt to lean 'JD' away from the house ... it's a challenge to get almost any rose to climb in our cold prairie climate. 'Olds Collage Rose' looks especially nice, thanks for posting vstapes :)

There's a special place in heaven for Baseball Moms Ter! - with big ole missed birthday cakes and Eric Ripert serving Pacific Coast Fishies in a tux ;-). Hope you get to find a little window thats all about you or a homerun that has a "Hi Mom" moment all over it. ((((((((((((())))))))))))))

Thanks, everyone. Yes, I mentioned the barn quilts here when Terry told me about them, some months before she got sick. It's funny--people comment all the time about the family resemblance, but we didn't look anything alike when we were younger. I looked like my dad, and Terry looked like hers. But when we got older (a lot older), we apparently started looking like our mothers' side of the family. I guess it became quite striking. We were delighted when people said we looked like sisters.