As a completely off topic question, am I the only one who hears Jim Nabors (as Gomer Pyle) reading the subject line every time it comes to the top?

I hope your wish comes true and these are the roses and not the rootstock, Beth. Water is certainly a miraculous thing, and maybe there are more surprises in store. When we enhanced our drip system by adding tiny sprinklers to the drip lines a few years ago, I had several perennials come up that I thought had died out years before. Also some rootstock that seemed to be long gone, too (not so good, but nothing disastrous either). Diane

Well, look at yours, all potted up and top-dressed! Mine is going in the ground, if I ever get that bed finished (oh, to have a 40 y/o back again!).

Amy, Glad you are having a great trip. A mouse -- eek! We are skiers too. My first ski trip was a college spring break trip to Aspen. Loved the town, but not the skiing. After we married, DH and went on a few trips with friends and, as my skills improved, I began to really enjoy skiing. By the time DD was six we started taking her at least once a year, which soon turned into two trips a year. Usually one trip to Steamboat Springs (which we fell in love with on our first visit) and one someplace else. Over the years we've skied in the Heavenly and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area; Park City, Deer Valley, Alta and Snowbird in Utah; Taos, NM; Big Sky, Mt; Jackson Hole, Wy; and other Co resorts - Vail, Telluride Breckinridge, Keystone. Fifteen years ago, we settled on Steamboat and bought a condo (have since bought a house there). When DD graduated from college, she moved to Steamboat "for a year." That was 12 years ago! She is now married, has a great job, and is a true "local." Yep, we plan to retire there in a few years. We regularly run into skiers well into their 70s -- they are our role models!