for everyone who helped with the roses

Thank you. Thank you so much.

I talked to mom today. She said she cannot stop going outside to look at her "rose stumps."

(She loves rose gardens, so we gave her one for Mother's Day.) The flowers were shipped in from Jackson & Perkins, and arrived just at the perfect time for planting. Eva and Roger worked in the soil conditioners and put the bareroots down on Saturday, when I am told they were met with actual squeals of delight. There are already some plans in the works for a pretty border, and perhaps some plaques. I don't have any pictures, yet. But, obviously, they're just stumps at this point. If you would like to see the varieties we got for her, you can follow the links below:

MISTER LINCOLN - HYBRID TEA ROSE
DREAM COME TRUE - GRANDIFLORA ROSE
GEMINI - HYBRID TEA ROSE
JOHN F. KENNEDY - HYBRID TEA ROSE

By July, she should already be seeing her first blooms, so everyone can go hang out and smell the roses with her pretty soon.

Don't forget that it's never too late to contribute toward this gift of fragrant evenings. There will be endless weedings to volunteer yourself toward. (I know, I really need to work on my sales pitch.)