FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMBER AND THATS A LONG TIME MUM AND DAD ALWAYS HAD LOVELY ROSE GARDENS ,THEY WORKED VERY HARD SPENDING MANY HOURS WORKING IN THE GARDEN TO GET THEM LOOKING REALLY NICE,THE ROSES ALWAYS HAD VERY BIG FLOWERS ON THEM SOME UP TO 4-5  INCHES IN DIAMITOR ,OR BIGGER THE SECRET INGREDIANT DAD USED TO MAKE THEM GROW WAS ........SORY IT STAYS A SECRET .RED ,YELLOW ,WHITE ,PINK ROSES WERE THEIR FAVIORTS ,THIS ROSE WAS TO REMEMBER THERE ROSE GARDENS AND ALOS THE NAME OF THE ROSE -IN LOVING MEMORY- IS VERY OPPROPIATE IN REMEMBERING MY MUM AND DAD ,WHO HAVE NOW BOTH PASSED OVER..EVERY TIME I SEE A ROSE IT REMINDS ME OF THEM BOTH .......THEY ARE SO VERY MUCH LOVED , MISSED AND REMEMBERED EVERY DAY...

MUSIC,,,, WE GREW UP WITH THE MUSIC OF JIM REEVES ,ENGLE BERT ,FRANK SANARTRA ,JOHN ROLLS ,HERB ALBERT BAND,ELVIS ,GLEN CAMBELL ,AND MANY OTHER 1950- 1960-1970 ARTISTS THAT WAS REALL MUSIC NOT LIKE ALOT OF TODAYS RUBBISH,,JIM REEVES WAS 1 OF DADS FAVORITE SINGERS HE WAS ALWAYS SINGING HIS SONGS ,MUM ALSO KIKED JIM REEVES ,SO DO I IT MUST RUN IN THE FAMILY ,WHILE DAD WAS LIVING IN WANGANUI HE WON A SINGING CONTEST BY SINGING JIM REEVES SONG WELCOME TO MY WORLD ,THIS SONG WAS 1 OF HIS FAVORITES,HE WAS SO PLEASED ABOUT THAT .THIS SONG IS 1 OF THE 2 JIM REEVES SONGS I HAVE  PUT ON THE LIST OF SELECTED SONGS TO PLAY WHILE PEOPLE VISIT HIS MEMORIAL SITE,THESE SONGS I HAVE SELECTED ARE FOR MY DAD AND MUM.... .I KO THEY ARE LISTNING TO THEM,,,THANKS SO VERY MUCH BOTH OF YOU FOR  BEING THE BEST  MUM AND DAD EVER AND FOR LOVING ME AS YOU BOTH DID ....1 COULDNT HAVE ASKED FOR  ANY BETTER ........,YOU BOTH WERE MY WORLD ,NOW YOU BOTH HAVE LEFT ME ,IM SO EMPTY INSIDE ......OOOXXXX MIKE