Happiness is ..... 🐞

                     ....... a Ladybird .......

 

            ......who has flown in to feast on the Blackflies on my beans . 

                             Fortunately not too many .  🐞🌿

      Picked a nice bowl full of beans , tomatoes and sweet red peppers !

                                                🌿☀️ 🌿    

Clouds 🌥️☁️🌤️

       Clouds !  It's so good to see some clouds this morning . 

               I don't think any rain is forecast though .

                                Nice to feel the cool morning air .

   

             I watered the vegetable garden as I do every morning ..... 

                  Aaagh !           🫨    Drat ! Drat ! and Triple Drat !!!

                                                  🌿☀️🌿        

Flower Arrangement for the Week

My last flower arrangement lasted a good two weeks , but today it was looking a bit sad , so I went out into the garden to gather some more .

Sticking to the patriotic theme of red , white and blue  again ....we have had some hot but very windy days. The garden has taken quite a battering . My lovely gladioli were smashed down . I have picked a couple of them so they won't be wasted .  Everything is looking so dry in the main ornamental part of the garden . I can't remember when we last had proper rain ! I have only been watering the vegetable garden .

  Just one Agapanthus flower helped to fill it out ! I hope the Gladioli will recover .

Crocosmia "Lucifer" , Blue hydrangea , Ox-eye Daisies, Pittosporum and Cotinus coggygria "Royal Purple ".

                      Very pleased with this and hope it lasts !

                                 🤍  Hope you're keeping cool 🤍

                                              🌿☀️🌿

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                             Courgettes !!!  🤗💚🌿