Paul, I hope your birthday was very happy, full of everything you love best. Following a tradition around these forums, you should extend the celebration all week long! ;-) Thank you for all you do for the world of roses. You are so knowledgeable and so gracious - I've learned a lot from you and your roses have enriched my life. Here's wishing you many, many more happy returns of the day! Anne

Dear Pam and all. I think this is the first year it actually brought tears to my eyes. Just having met so many loveable people in one place--the place they all warn you about(the wwweb) and have them turn out to be my dearest ones even to this day. It has been a pleasure and a joy to have all of you for company here, in the garden and the various other places, subways with Joseph,the hills of South Carolina and pizza with Paul,so many gardens with Paula and Pam, warm Miller light in Rozanna's back porch at 9 in the morning, late night dinner with Joe and Kate and mucho poetry with Jon. We've had so much fun all this time, haven't we with the roses, so much love passed around. Amazing and glorious, Kate you had the best sense of smell being pug trained so that you didn't have to bury that elegant nose of yours. Christina, thank you for remembering me. Blend guy I've loved every moment of it. Thanks Paul, it all came out as you wished. Jon, I can't think of any inspiring I've done unless we're counting a small amount of addiction advocation I may have inadvertantly participated in. Everything else, Fang made me do. How kind of you, Melissa, who brought us gardening in Italy. Randy I find myself more eager to see your lilies bloom than my own. You mustn't tease me with Nur Mahal, what a little beauty. Sherry that is a beautiful Madame Caroline and Thank you. Joe you are welcome any time. Florence, gorgeous and heartwarming as always. Lori she is one of my very favorites as well, one bloom her whole first year, fingers crossed. Thank you. Paula and Pamela, you two are the jewells of the forum for me. how lucky was the day I met up with you two, such superb gardeners and the best of company...thanking my lucky stars for the first time I looked up own root roses on line....who knew where that would lead to. My blessed. la

I, too, have learned a lot from Sir Hans... and I have enjoyed immensely his shared pictures! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Sir Hans! May you have many, many more! :-)

Happy Birthday Sharon!! I hope all y'all have a great weekend up at the cottage pal. Clink! I see a party cruise happening for sure....maybe even a PB moment..LOL! We will still love and feed ya when your 64! David