But who have roses? I have none!

Evelyn

I'll be there to do the calligraphy. I might have one spray to enter. Wish me luck :-)

Aprille

As much as I really, really wanted to go to this event, I have no roses to enter. Go figure the weather! And it was a really great show schedule too.

Maybe next year I can time my pruning better. But I've come to learn that you can't fight either City Hall or Mother Nature.

Hope those who attend have a great, great time!

Suzanne Horn

Sorry you couldn't come down - the show was a little smaller than last year, but the quality was great. We had 20 HTs to choose the queen from.

Cal and Barb Hayes took queen with 'Polo Queen'. This is Cal's sport of 'Cajun Moon' and it was stunning. This is also the first time it has been shown.

So, did you get a picture of "Polo Queen"? And who were the other winners?

Evelyn

Chris,

Forgot to mention yesterday that we really enjoyed the new location for the show. This was a nice improvement over last year, and displaying the winners in the gazebo was nice too, not to mention that it draws alot of people into the garden center (wink)

Wonderful show as always Chris Greenwood and the entire Armstrong and the California Coastal Rose Society team.

Photos of Cal and Barb Hayes and Polo Queen can be found at:

http://community.webshots.com/album/195300244MOCseE?839

Other shots include my publicity shots for P. Allen Smith (www.pallensmith.com) and delightful photographs of the beautiful Julie Newmar. Both were guest judges yesterday.

Chris, really admire your compassion & understanding of the exhibitors trevails by moving up the trophy award time to 2:30pm vs 3:30pm in the schedule.

Sincerely appreciate it!

Here are the results from 2-Oct Carlsbad CA
Armstrong/CA Coastal RS

Queen
Polo Queen
Hayes, Cal & Barbara
King
Cajun Moon
Hunter, Phil & Rachel
Princess
Black Magic
McCarron, Geri & Alan
Court
Signature
McCarron, Geri & Alan
Court
Fantasy
McCarron, Geri & Alan
Court
Lynette
Hunter, Phil & Rachel
Court
Uncle Joe
Hunter, Phil & Rachel
Court
Veteran's Honor
Stage, Jeff
Court
Crystalline
McCarron, Geri & Alan
Fl Bloom
Sunsprite
Kalal, Doug
Fl Spray
Lavaglut
McCarron, Geri & Alan
Poly Spray
Excellenz von Schubert
Boden, Ivy
Classic Shrub
Penelope
Boden, Ivy
Modern Shrub
Prospero
Kalal, Doug
Climber
Fourth of July
Kalal, Doug
Dowager
Marchesa Boccella
Boden, Ivy
Victorian
Rose de Rescht
Boden, Ivy
Mini Queen
Chelsea Belle
Landers, Brenda & Smith, Joe
Mini King
Marie Jeanette
Ash, Phil
Mini Princess
Dr. John Dickman
Landers, Brenda & Smith, Joe
Mini Court
Michel Cholet
Stage, Jeff
Mini Court
Breath of Spring
Hunter, Phil & Rachel
Mini Court
Lipstick 'n' Lace
Landers, Brenda & Smith, Joe
Mini Court
Sam Trivitt
Landers, Brenda & Smith, Joe
Mini Court
Doris Morgan
Ash, Phil
Mini Court
Erin Alonso
McCarron, Geri & Alan
Mini Spray
Marriotta
McCarron, Geri & Alan

This must be the oldest post ever to be resurrected. Let's see, the year 2004:
1. NASA's MER-A (Spirit) lands on Mars, and soon after, the roving robot was sending back amazing pictures. Three weeks later, it's twin sister Opportunity (MER-B), landed.
2. New England Patriots won the superbowl, the Yankees the World Series of Baseball
3. Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Malta and Cyprus joined the European Union
4. Arsenal finished the Premiership Championship unbeaten
5. G W Bush is the 43rd President in office
6. Summer Olympics was in Athens
7. One of the worst natural disasters in recorded history hits Southeast Asia - a massive 9.3 magnitude earthquake, epicentered just off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, generated enormous tsunami waves that crash into the coastal areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia killing close to 200,000 people, with 40,000 people unaccounted for.
8. Facebook was born.