Father's Day is coming soon. Happy Father's Day to all Dads! Here is a link that might be useful: Express Love to Dad with a Father¡¯s Day DVD Slideshow

My father had a farmer's heart and loved to grow things. He planted and maintained a rose garden for my mother for over 40 years. He is the one who taught me about hybrid tead and I miss him very much! He died in 2007, and never saw me making mu rose garden. I feel his presence when I am working in my roses now, especially if I am doing something not the way he showed me. Happy Father's Day! I miss you! .

Thank you everyone! Yes, those are pickled watermelon squares, as FOAS indicated. It's always fun to try different foods and different combinations. I enjoy the pairing of garlicky scapes and sweet and sour pickled watermelon. petalique, garlic scapes can be picked before cooking. They can be kept for a long time without wilting. People cut the scapes off so that the bulbs can grow bigger. One way I use garlic for cooking is to peel all the cloves and pickle them in salt. They will be good in the refrigerator forever and whenever you want to use them. dcarch

What a beautiful rose and lovely photo of you. May your dad have many years to visit this rose in person. My dad has been gone 60 years, but I still remember him as clearly as if it was yesterday. He grew some lovely roses, too. Diane PS--I'm reading "The Daughter of Time", sometimes called the best mystery ever written (in 1951, Josephine Tey, author). It's a possible solution to the Richard lll supposed murder of the little princes imprisoned in the Tower of London. Richard was the last of the Plantangenets, and the War of the Roses ended with him. Your rose was the House of York's symbol. Boy, I hope I got that right.