Tombstone Rose

[Sue Cauhape]

Since it's springtime and flowers are in bloom, I wanted to mention the "other Tombstone celebrity," the Tombstone Rose. We had the pleasure of visiting this remarkable and lovely lady and even brought home a clipping. This little piece of this magnificent "tree" has grown to circle the living room twice and has even survived nibblings by the local deer and our terrorist cat, Snigglefritz. The Tombstone Rose is truly the rose too tought to die. We've planted our little trimming in the ground to grow, hopefully, over the patio trellis. After this past cold, dry winter, there's still green to be seen on the stem, so I'm looking forward to massive growth. Here's a photo of our little gem while in Truckee.  

http://www.tombstonetimes.com/stories/rose.html

[anthony martin]

  Sue,

    It's amazing to think of how many cuttings from the famous Tombstone rose are flourishing all over the country.

   You have a cat named Snigglefritz!?No wonder he's a terrorist!My latest is William Henry Catt,named after Boris Karloff whose real name was W.H. Pratt.Can you imagine being terrorized by a horror actor whose friends used to call  Billy Pratt?

[Sue Cauhape]

Billy Pratt??? No wonder he changed his name to Boris Karloff.

As for Snigs, we explored all kinds of names: Pancho Villa (because he liked ambushing the dog), Zorro (he was a tuxedo cat with a mask and cape), Ahmed the terrorist, etc. He ran off into the sage last June and has probably been terrorizing coyotes ever since (I like to think anyway). We finally agreed on Snigglefritz because my mother-in-law called my daughter that when she was a baby and the word just always makes me smile. I later googled the word and found that, in Germany, it is a knitted sack that men use to ... well ... sniggle their fritzes. Anyway, back to the cat, I have a Christmas cactus that used to bloom profusely and regularly until Snigs ambushed it, too.

[anthony martin]

  Sue,

    To bring this full circle,in addition to his love of animals(dogs,cats,birds,turtles),B.K. was an avid gardener with a special love for roses.

[Sue Cauhape]

I hope he contributed daily as well as aerate the soil by raking. Didn't John Wayne say that manure was good for roses. Or was that just horse manure?