... weed the roses this summer." My sisters and I looked at each other in horror, but Ruby smiled at my mother through her tears. "I know we're particular about these roses, " ... oldest of six active girls. We should have played our softball games elsewhere to avoid hurting the roses, but we secretly enjoyed irritating Crazy Jack and Ruby Rednose. Jack and Ruby had a son ... Ruby Rednose's thorny rosebushes and fell on top of several more. Boy, did he yell. But theroses were the ones that really suffered. From my vantage point at second base, it looked like...