October 1st 2009
Still some colour about. In fact the sumac is beginning to put on its autumn display. The ground is a dry as dust, we haven't had rain for ages and are having to water.
Some roses are still in flower and that jasmine by our bedroom window, George, still has flowers. I made a note of the date ages ago when you asked how long it flowered and I mislaid the note
. We even still have a solitary hollyhock in flower.
Here are a few shots, all taken today in the back garden.
The love-in-the-mist is still going strong
A few Japanese anemones are still in flower
The odd lupin is still hanging on and the penstemons putting on a show.
A few nasturtiums survive the ravages of cabbage white caterpillars which kept gorging themselves on the leaves
This cosmos is a giant, it is almost five feet tall and more like a small bush.
Even the honesty seeds cheer the place up a bit. Anthea has the habit of rubbing the outsides off to expose the silvery bit.
Then there are the Michaelmas Daisies which are such a stand by at this time of year.
Finally the dill looks like a small tree. All the other shots were taken today but this particular shot was taken at the same time of year but in 2002
We have finally accepted that we can't cope and a chap from the village is now giving us three hours a week. Not much, but it is better than no hours at all. At least some of the weeds are disappearing
Soon we will have to have someone in to cope with all the cutting back and the hedges. It is very frustrating, I still can't raise my right arm after my fall a few months ago (snap, George
). They gave it a scan today at the hospital but I don't know what they found.
Eric H
