Hi, firstly if you haven't read Mary's comment on my post yesterday please do, it's delightful! Love and hugs Mary.
Yay I finally got to spend a few hours in the main perennial garden yesterday and I LOVED IT! I pulled out weeds, cut back some perennials and generally had a great time, tugging and snipping! I only managed to get a fairly small area done but it looks so much better. There is no doubt about it, gardenign is good for my soul! I left Chester in his den but opened one of the windows in the living room so I could hear if he started crashing around, phew silence! A southerly change came through around lunchtime which cooled down the temps a bit and there was also a cool wind blowing so that meant I managed to garden for most of the afternoon too.
I got something exciting in the mail yesterday. I entered a giveaway on one of the blogs I follow and I won a gorgeous set of artist pigments (shimmery powders) complete with all purpose medium (just a tiny bottle). What is really cute is this particular product is a new release from the USA that isn't even in the shops yet - ermmm so how do I use it?? Good flaming question - I'll need to wait until February when hopefully there will be an instruction video available. Giggle.. still I can gaze at the glorious colours - teal zircon, pink azalea and snapdragon - all very bright! So pretty!
This morning I took some photos of the Oak Garden and I am so happy with the amount of colour that is in it at the moment. I put so much work into this garden in Spring and it is paying off now. I'm also watering a lot more than usual too. Which reminds me, I'd better toss around some more sheep manure pellets to keep the garden fed for the next few months too.
The first photo is of a rugosa rose (whose name escapes me!). Just look at this gorgeous flower - like a powderpuff. Unfortunately (or fortunately!) there was a bug on the flower too. She smells lovely too!
Here is part of the Oak Garden, I hope you can get an idea of how colourful it is!
Today I'm spending a lot more time in the flower garden if I can. I think it is going to be pretty hot by this pm but I'll do my best. We didn't get any rain to speak of, blast it, so I am copiously watering too, especially as there is a blustery wind blowing again today, ugh! So glad I'm not a vegetable right now! Smiles...
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