Fwd: Virginia's Roses - Weeklong-l

22 Mar 2011

Thought I'd pass this on to all of you.

Doc

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  From: "White, Barbara B"
&lt;barbara.white(a)austin.utexas.edu&gt;
 Date: March 16, 2011 5:52:19 AM PDT
 To: James Ayres &lt;jayres(a)cvctx.com&gt;
 Subject: RE: Virginia's Roses

 Doc,
 Thank you for planning this wonderful tribute to Virginia. She cared  
 about Winedale very much and it must have been heartbreaking to see  
 the bushes go away one-by-one. We are very excited to see the  
 wonderful new plants that give Winedale a new beautiful beginning to  
 springtime. The watering system you so thoughtfully added will help  
 assure their survival through our hot summers. You are a great  
 friend to so many and I know Virginia passed on peacefully knowing  
 that her original gift will be perpetuated because of people like  
 you who care so much!

 I will make sure to mention the sponsorships. I know others would  
 love to contribute. There is so much history about Winedale that I  
 still need to learn. You have all that stored in your head from  
 having lived it. I would still love to write your history and your  
 experiences at Winedale with Miss Ima. I think it is an important  
 part of the equation. Thanks so much for caring so much.
 Best,
 Barbara
 ________________________________________
 From: James Ayres [jayres(a)cvctx.com]
 Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:32 PM
 To: White, Barbara B
 Subject: Virginia's Roses

 Barbara:

 It was great fun doing the roses this morning.  Thanks for your
 assistance with the preparation and thanks too to Elroy.  Everyone was
 enthusiastic and very happy in planting this tribute to Virginia.
 Please ask Elroy to turn on the watering system every morning for the
 next three days for about 5 hours a day.  After that, every other day,
 depending on the weather.  I will be dropping by to do some of that
 myself, checking on how the roses are doing.

 We have created a "Rose for Virginia" sponsorship to defray all of the
 costs for the antique roses, the compost, the rose food, the watering
 system we have put in place.  The sponsorships are $30.00.  We planted
 14 roses.  As of this evening, I have received commitments for 8
 sponsorships. Two of them from Leon Hale and Babette.

 So if anyone wishes to join this effort, please have them send a check
 made out to me for $30.00 to P.O. Box 202, Round Top, Tx, 78954.

 Again, thanks for your help with this.

 Cheers,

 Doc