I am challenging you all......

[Rita C.]

I agree congratulations to the three winners, and big thank you to Lorchen too!

Barb

[Caroline A.]

Thanks Lorchen, it's been fun seeing all the pictures. Congratulations to the winners!

Fi in No. California

[Catherine S.]

I agree with everyone. It was great fun. Congrats to the winners. Thank you Lorchen.!!!!

[Catherine S.]

Great fun watching this one - congratulation to the winners. Can't wait to hear what the goodies are.

Lorchen - you are a party!

[Norma H.]

Norma, I bet you look fantastic close-up too!!

This was what I was referring to :roll: . The FoQ sure will be the highlight of 2014, though I'm going to "somewhere" in the UK to see rose gardens in June 2014. The trip is planned by two rose lovers and they told me it would happen. I signed up just on that. Don't know where, don't know the price but I know it's going to be fantastic.

Meeting with you and all the other TQS'ers sure will be the best experience next year :lol:

[Hannelore N.]

For Norma! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TGZD5FBLcU

[Geneva C.]

I think we are all winners thanks to Lorchen and her excellent sense of humor! Thank you Lorchen! :lol:

Geneva
In Northern CA

[Geneva C.]

I think we are all winners thanks to Lorchen and her excellent sense of humor! Thank you Lorchen! :lol:

Geneva
In Northern CA

I agree!!!!

[Norma H.]

For Norma! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TGZD5FBLcU

Thank you so much. Beautiful in every way.
For Lorchen:

[E.M. T.]

Oh ! Such Beautiful roses !

[Rita C.]

Lorchen you are too funny! I have just arrived in Kerry where the wild rose are in full bloom. Hopefully it will be a good day tomorrow so that I can take a few photos. The smell of a rose has to be one of the most wonderful sensory experiences don't you think? Divine roses Norma - I can almost smell them from the photos.

[Rita C.]

My favorite rose is the yellow--I really like the smell of them.

[Hannelore N.]

Thank you, Norma! Beautiful roses!

[Jill B.]

This was great fun and thanks Lorchen and big congrats to the lucky winners

[Susan B.]

Congrats to all the winners! It was great to see the wonderful creativity of the self-portraits!

Rose lovers, get to Portland, Oregon in July or August and visit the International Rose Test Garden...500 different species of roses, all in bloom at the same time, every color and fragrance possible...not to be missed

Having said that, there is nothing like roses in our own gardens, right?