Thank you all for your postings. I didn't respond all these days because I found it difficult to visit this thread. I still do. Wow! All these friends bothered to respond and many went into the trouble to go searching for a suitable rose. Thank you all for that and for your kind words. I like to think Boubis had a good life. His end was so difficult, for me also, and that's one thing that makes me sadder. I'm consoled by the fact that I have his son Aris and his son's mother Irma living with me. But any dog, just like any human, is irreplaceable and Boubis was so special. Goldens are special, I have lost three already including him, but he was kind of special special to me. He was a most sensitive and attached pet although he did act like a moaning minnie sometimes, but then so do I. I thought about adopting a shelter dog even before the idea was mentioned in this thread but for the time being I'm not getting another dog. Yes, we certainly have a stray problem over here. Golden Celebration, R. canina now why didn't I think of those? I do own a GC and I should certainly have R. caninas as rootstock. Faithful Friend and 'golden' now this seems like purpose made doesn't it? I'll take my time and I'll let you know what I'll do. Again, thank you all for your support, it was something that helped me a lot. What I'll do is I'll go to my files and find a couple more pictures of him and I'll post them here along with pics of Aris and Irma. I hope you won't mind. Thanks, Nik

hello! i sent you a email a few days ago. i have bella but not krinkle 8. i would love to be able to set up a trade if possible.

Sorry I missed all this - we were in Disney and I couldn't wait to get back to my "imaginary" friends. No time til today. Glad you are doing well, you need those fingers to type LOL! Take it easy though, don't want you to do too much too soon.

Beautiful quilt and (obviously) a Beautiful friendship - her label wording is written from the heart. I wanted to make a rag quilt this fall, but decided I didn't want to invest all that time and hard energy cutting the "rag". Your quilt now has put this back on my list. Your quilt is so sophisticated - I love it! Your bedroom has the perfect combination of hard and soft. The colors and fabrics are perfect. What fabric did she use for the back? Thanks so much for sharing this!