Rosa moschata... yum I kept holding a tiny bud vase with one flower cluster in it and I didn't want to put it down but walk around and smelling it all day. I finally put it in my purse, then on the dashboard and drove away into the sunset with my dainty white Musk rose. In my mind the only white rose that can compete with a gardenia for divine lusciousness of scent. Tea rose scent: Cometesse Emmeline de Guigne, Westroad Cream Tea, Etoille de Lyon, honeysuckle and cream. Tifanny, damask and floral blend. for intensity of damask rose scent: Papa Meilland, Glendora, Damask Rose. Lemon Spice and its pink sport Sunday Lemonade which smells like its sport parent, lemon and spice, but with added damask. Lux

juddgirl2 - I have been on vacation and am now seeing this thread. Now I am traumatized by just reading it! Try putting a freshly cut apple in your sons desk drawers. Leave them inside for a few days. This little trick was giving to us by a car dealer to remove odors from cars. My daughters cat urinated on her back seat. We removed the seat cover and shampooed it, but the smell was still slightly detected. The apple worked, although my daughter forgot about it and it attracted fruit flies! segbrown - If you have the stomach, read my story about our outdoor grill. Beware...it is heart wrenching, but the grill lives on, even though it took several hose and dishwasher cleanings to be presentable for me to cook on. I wanted to get rid of it, but DH wouldn't hear of it. Here is a link that might be useful: The grill versus the birds

Jesse Hildreth was starting to look weathered in the rain, so I cut the slowest opening bud I have ever seen and added it to some other cut flowers. After waiting sooooo long, I couldn’t let this bloom get ruined out in the elements. It is the first bouquet from my yard this spring/late winter. Mostly early azaleas (Hino Crimson, Coral Bells and Lavender Formosa), a couple Magnolias (Genie and Saucer), a couple roses (Peggy Martin and Jesse Hildreth), two beautiful pacific coast irises (I think Night Editor, but might be Deepening Shadow or another), freesias and fragrant tea olive. I kind of just plopped them into a vase outside to save them from the next rain we have coming (yay!), but I like them. Close up of Jesse in the middle there, inside. Another little bud peeking in the right corner too.

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