We enjoyed this quirky movie: "Micmacs". It's French w/English subtitles. Charming 'fairy tale' for grown-ups.

"the bathtub sits in the open concept living-room" - speechless. I lived in White Rock about 35 years ago, in a charming little 2 bedroom cottage on a large lot. We were 3 blocks (straight down hill/uphill from the beach and it was one of the best places I've lived. This was pre high-rise, monster home development. That lot now houses two monster homes. I forgot to mention in my original post, that running parallel to Marine Drive, between it and the ocean is a BNSF rail line! Over the years there has been much hue and cry about getting rid of it - kind of funny because the only reason White Rock exists is because there was a train station there!

rifis (zone 6b-7a NJ), I'm not sure how large the holes are in the fencing. I've been very lucky so far. Maybe the bunnies are too lazy or nervous to go through the fence, thank goodness. In earlier spring something (maybe a bunny or a number of other animals) chewed one of my baby Princess Charlene de Monaco roses before I protected it. Whatever is nibbling on them, they seem to like the youngest roses the best. Thank you for the tip about the fence sizing. I wish I'd bought a smaller size but thankful this one has been ok so far. LauraLG Z5b-NwPA, I'm so glad to know that, thank you. It seems to be a unique rose. I have to resist buying more than one rose unless I really, really have a good sense that I'm not going to regret it. What a cute pic! It's amazing how fast some roses can grow. That puppy is stocky. He must be growing just as fast. Labrador retriever or golden labrador? I can never tell them apart. Paul Barden, I agree, you can't put a price on joy. I'm pretty happy I was able to obtain this rose and look forward to seeing it grow.

The Drift series has about a dozen different varieties including yellow. Each Drift variety has a different growth habit and a different flower form. The different named varieties of Drifts not only have different colored and shaped blooms, but varying growth patterns, from more upright to more spreading, all specific to each variety. What unifies the Drift group is their short stature, small foliage, disease resistance, and small, no dead heading needed flowers. They all are perfect front of a rose bed plants, hiding the 'naked ankles' of the taller roses growing behind them. Their relatively low thorn count, at least for the three varieties I grow: Popcorn Drift, Sweet Drift, and Apricot Drift is much appreciated. Dead heading is not mandatory for repeat blooming, but does make the bush neater and fresher looking, and causes quicker repeating, IMHO. Of the three Drifts that I grow, Apricot Drift stays the smallest and grows the most upright. The blooms are heavy petaled. In my garden a mature bush gets to be 18" tall by 20" wide. Sweet Drift is very heavy petaled, with distinct quilling of the petals as individual blooms age. It has a more spreading habit getting about 18" tall and 30" wide, but the width can be easily controlled to less width if desired. Popcorn Drift is my favorite. The 12+/- petaled blooms are cup shaped, starting off yellow then age to white, lasting a long time on the bush before getting tired looking. The bush itself is very nicely shaped neither very spreading, nor very upright, perfect, to my way of thinking being 20" tall by 24" wide. Moses