Jim--
Love where your piece has arrived and especially the late realization that it was in celebration of your brother-in-law. A fitting tribute.
As an aside--I was struggling with some pink spray roses in my garden. Basically, they had gone from abundance to deadwood in the course of two seasons. I asked a master gardener friend for suggestions. He asked me what fertilizer I was using. I replied, "none". He replied, "ok, try that." Sure enough, the roses have come back with a simple shake of basic fertilizer. So... just in case you hadn't thought of that yet, I wanted to share.
