27th August 05
We have had heavy rain for most of the last
fortnight which has made everything grow again. The garden is starting to
recover from the drought of July. Amazingly, as it's a Bank Holiday, the sun has
come out today.
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| Heather out on the bank |
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| White cat on the belvedere |
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| Verbena, mallow, cannas, hybiscus... |
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| The banks have changed to purples and reds (fuchsias and salvias) |
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| The fennel is HUGE! |
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| The bed in the wall by the big lawn is looking quite glorious |
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| The steps up to the big lawn |
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| Canna |
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| One of the many dahlias which look so splendid at this time of year. I'm going to lead a movement to get dahlias back into fashion. |
| The Pigeon's Tale |
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| On Monday, a homing/racing pigeon arrived on the balcony where Elizabeth feeds the wild birds. It returned everyday. So we found out the phone number of the local pigeon fancier. He told us to "first catch your pigeon" which we managed to do by luring it into the cat basket with some cooked rice. We then took it to the pigeon-man who looked at the address printed on every feather of its wings (yep, true) and found that it belonged to someone in Poole. It will now be reunited with its owner. |
27th August 05