I'd rather have roses.....
I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. (Emma Goldman)
This quote was posted by Denise in a comment to yesterday's post.
Denise.......it was your name Marta drew yesterday. You are the winner of the Caring Bloggers Rose Card collection. Please send my your address, and the cards will be on their way.
Both Marta and I agreed that one winner would be too little after all the great reponse you have given to this idea. The responses are a real proof that the blogger world is a caring world. Shabby in the City made the charming Caring Bloggers Rose Day banner, so a collection of the cards will be yours as well (address please). And three more will get a little rose surprise in the mail. The first is my mother Marta who is my most supportive reader and who posted a comment for the first and till now only time on April 30. The second is Barbara and the third is Karla.(Barbara and Karla, will you please e-mail me your addresses)
I would have loved to draw all of you.......
I am home with a sore throat and a tabletbox full of penicillin this week, that's why I couldn't visit the planned rose nursery. But we have a garden center not far from where we live, and nothing could keep me from a short visit there. Covered in a thick jacket and a wool scarf, I put on my stubborn blogger mood and went there to buy new roses for our garden. These will be my blog roses and will remind me of all the nice people I have met and are still to meet. I would love to send roses to all of you!
Caring Bloggers Rose Day List:
Ramblings from an English Garden
Tales from a Little French Garden House
Please let me know if you have a rose blog which is not listed here, and I will include it asap.
You really did get a good response. I will have to look at the blogs eventually. Found your blue garden for the first time today and enjoyed that too. Well thank you for including me in the winners enclosure. Will wait in anticipation.So sorry about you throat though. Get well soon.
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BRITT-ARNHILD responds:
My mother has invited me downtown to lunch in the poshes restaurant in Trondheim tomorrow, so I have to get well till then.......
Posted by: Barbara | May 10, 2007 at 09:41 PM
I'm a little late to the party, but I just added my rose!
Thank you for this lovely idea.
Posted by: Tess | May 10, 2007 at 10:04 PM
YAY!!!!!
Thank you so much!! I can't wait, I love getting stuff in the mail. What a great Mother's Day surprise for me.
Posted by: denise | May 10, 2007 at 10:07 PM
Roses to each of you. May you bloom and grow.
Posted by: tongue in cheek | May 10, 2007 at 10:40 PM
Happy Caring Blogger Rose Day to you, too, Britt-Arnhild! I, too, have a sore throat today and just asked my hubby to cover for me this evening, as one of my boys has a baseball game for several hours. Here's hoping all of this rosey-love will wipe our sore throats away!
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BRITT-ARNHILD responds:
Yes, of course! Rose-love will cure us :-)
Posted by: beachy | May 10, 2007 at 10:47 PM
How kind of you! I am honored.
Please take care and rest till your throat is better. It is hard to stay out of the garden, isn't it?
Posted by: karla nathan | May 10, 2007 at 11:44 PM
I'm going to be checking in on your blog Brit. I love roses but can only grow a few hardy shrub roses. It works for me.
I did post your "Caring Blogger Rose Day" on my blog in your honor.
~Jody
Posted by: Gumbo Lily | May 11, 2007 at 12:56 AM
Although I didn't sign up for your rose day, I posted a couple of photos on my blog. What an inspiring idea! Who doesn't love roses! I hope you'll be feeling better soon.
Posted by: Lorrie Orr | May 11, 2007 at 01:15 AM
Sweet roses for a caring blogger, Britt-Arnhild. You were so right to buy yourself some now ones, congratulations!
I hope you come to Vienna while the wonderful rose garden here is in full bloom, I promise, you will swoon! :-))
I have little guests here from the States, my daughter's school has a big sports tournament til tomorrow.
Get weel soon, and enjoy your lunch with mom,
Merisi
Posted by: Merisi's Vienna | May 11, 2007 at 08:43 AM
Hope your soon feeling better.
Posted by: carolyn | May 11, 2007 at 12:26 PM
Oh, so sorry about the throat!
I'm excited about my rosy cards :) Thank you!
Posted by: shabbyinthecity | May 11, 2007 at 01:18 PM
Oh, so sorry about the throat!
I'm excited about my rosy cards :) Thank you!
Posted by: shabbyinthecity | May 11, 2007 at 01:18 PM
You inspired me to visit a good friend today, and the visit was memorable. I posted my rose for you courtesy of my friend Molly's rose bush...hope you feel better!
Posted by: Stacie | May 11, 2007 at 03:28 PM
I think I've fixed the problem and the roses are now visible. Thanks for alerting me to the lack of blooms!
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BRITT-ARNHILD says:
Yes, now i see them. They are beautiful. Can almost smell their sweet fragrance through the screen.
I imagine they have a strawberry fragrance :-)
Posted by: Lorrie Orr | May 11, 2007 at 04:50 PM
Hi Britt Arnild,
I do hope you are feeling better soon.
I have just tagged you (sorry) Participation is not compulsory but if you wish to join in all you need to do is Post seven things that not many people know about you and then choose seven new blogs to tag.
mary
Posted by: Mary Osborn | May 11, 2007 at 05:26 PM
Hi! Thanks for stopping by :) What a lovely picture you posted today and I love the quote!!! I was planning on stopping by the rose garden in town today, and this has strengthened my resolve. Get well soon!
Posted by: Catharina | May 11, 2007 at 05:28 PM
OH! I wished I had known sooner - what a lovely idea!I've been sick with the flu this week too. I hope you are feeling better soon.
Posted by: Islandsparrow | May 11, 2007 at 05:47 PM
Oh No, I missed rose day. Hope you will do it again next year. :(
www.fariebees.blogspot.com
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BRITT-ARNHILD says:
Yes, we will do this again next year :-)
I'm already making plans.......
Posted by: crystal | May 11, 2007 at 05:55 PM
Oh Miss Britt. I mean, ahem, Britt-Arnhild, I know, I want to turn your name into a celebrity name.. hee hee.. But anyhow, you are a darling wonderful woman!And, I so hope you feel better. Hmm, roses and diamonds.. Can I have both??? hee hee....xxo,V
Posted by: Vanessa V | May 11, 2007 at 11:48 PM
I'm so disappointed - I've been away and missed out on participating in Rose Day, but thank you for the links to all the other bloggers out there - I've enjoyed browsing through their posts.
Posted by: Freefalling | May 12, 2007 at 01:01 AM