Brian,
You did a great job with the Peace Rose. My wife had one of those at a home
we built in the 1950s, and you have captured it well.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 3:07 PM
Subject: [OM] (OM) Everthing's just roses :-)
>I haven't uploaded many photos anywhere much these days although I have
> taken a few shots.
>
> Here's one I posted in my facebook albums; some of you have seen it
> already.
> Rose "Peace" bred by Francis Meilland (France) some time before 1939.
> This is the first bloom this year on this plant in our garden. (There are
> many
> others that bloomed before it so far)
> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2536286039622&l=6bac75f3d0
>
> I seem to have augmented the saturation a little too much. In real life
> the
> yellow is not quite so luminous.
>
> On another note, two days ago my partner and I met by accident in
> Alexandra ( we had gone there on separate missions - her main one was to
> have her hair done), I was wandering without special thought past the hair
> salon and she just happened to walk onto the footpath. So she said - "come
> with me to the Warehouse (shop) I have to get (something)" and I agreed.
> Two shops on the way was a jewellery shop, and she said "Let's go in there
> and look at engagement rings". Oops.
> So, in we went, and half an hour later we had gone halves on a down
> payment on a ring.
>
> Yesterday I invited her to come with me to a local fine restaurant for
> lunch. it
> was a fine day like you wouldn't believe. I was rash enough to propose to
> her, and she was rash enough to accept !
>
> I should have had my camera there, as the food was delightful and looked
> good.
>
> Locally, it is not to be public knowledge until Saturday 26th, when I am
> running a ( was to be surprise) party at home for her 70th birthday.
> However, the cover on that has been broken due one invitee in particular
> not
> keeping her mouth shut :-(
> Oh well ! Them's the breaks.
>
> It wasn't until about a week ago that I was going to run the party as she
> has
> had a lot of bad health and wouldn't have been up to it.
>
> Seems to be a lot of it about these days .
>
> Epidemiologsts should have a field day.
>
> Brian Swale.
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