Florence - Yes, we are having a lot of fun with the new camera. It's one of those combination camcorders/cameras and my daughter has been make all kinds of "documentaries" and even a garden tour. Garden 2 Garden - I'm liking the color more and more myself. I remember last year I was a little worried the color would be too strong or too dark, but it seems to fit in very nicely with the other roses in my garden. Organic Garden - I'm sure your Pretty Jessica will start doing something soon. You'll love it once it starts performing. Mine are grafted, and although I'm usually very hesitant to buy a grafted rose in my climate it could possibly explain the difference. Labrea - I love the alyssum too. It's so easy and common, but you just can't beat it as a companion for roses (in my opinion). It blooms non stop from spring to hard freeze and always looks good. Krista - I agree, Austin has some wonderful pink roses. I purchased Eglantyne last year on your recommendation and I really love it too. It was just a tiny band last year, and it's in a bad spot completely shaded and crowded out by an encroaching "The Fairy" but it has given me several exquisite blooms this summer. Randy - I agree, the perfectly shaped blooms can't be beat. It's so old fashioned looking to me, yet blooms non stop. Okay, I'm starting to sound like a commercial for David Austin roses so I'll stop now. I usually do not cut my flowers for bouquets, but since there were so many I went ahead and cut five for the house. My daughter took this picture with her camera:

Thanks Susan, I consider that a serious accolade, having seen your own paradise. We'll be visiting George again next month. Perhaps we can meet up? Joanne, this is the climber, under constraints, she wants to be over the house and back and I wish her to remain a bush, or sort of. Rose wars. Carol knowing your roses, I have no fear Buff will be pounding the roof in no time. And yes the front is always behind the back, less early morning light, but you'll note that green bush between the Golden Celebration and Ulrich Brunner fils with two blooms? That is Grosse Choux de Hollande already finished by the time the others got started. la

Congrats on your new camera. Once I figured out how to use it, my Nikon point & shoot has never let me down altho' it's a few years old & was my first digital. If you check out the winter sowing forum for a few old threads you'll get an idea of the quality pics it takes. My daughter is a photographer for a newspaper and also uses a Nikon altho' one a lot fancier than mine. Good luck with yours!

Nice pics cindee ,i just got in off the road today .my tomatoes are doing great.Only one that hasnt set fruit is florida pink,it better get to it or it wont be back.Brandywine OTV is another that isnt setting as well as i was hoping but it does have a couple fruit now.Both of the goose creeks are setting great now and brandyboy is coming on strong too.Both of my carmello's are really loading up nicely.Costuluto Genovese is loving the heat and humidity and loading up with some big ones and i cant forget about burbank which has started to load up.Will wait till they got further along and iul get some more pics. Corie whats going on down there on the island with your TYLCV resistant varieties? kirk