One fine day!

what lovely pictures melchi, blue sky ~ love it!! that door with all the pots, poppies, ferns all so beautiful

Thanks Sticki! It was great being out there today , mowing, deadheading - all those summer jobs that go with good weather!

Oh yes, I vaguely remember that from the distant past!

:-) or perhaps :-( !

I just need a couple of days to myself and a bit of dry weather, neither of which seem likely!!

Hope you get a bit of breathing space. I haven't checked the weather forecast - I find it's better not to these days. I'm driving up to Kirkby Stephen on Saturday. It's a nice drive - just hope the weather is reasonably calm!

And I will be driving to Devon! Some of which I know is flooded!
Safe journey, hope you have a lovely time.

And the same to you - have fun!

That was lovely, Melchisedech. I love the back door (?) shot in particular and the 2nd photo. It's my style of gardening.

The "door" is actually leaning against the back of next door's shed, Tuesdaybear! The "window" is hanging from the wall, and is perpex lined with weed control fabric. I'm glad you like it! I wanted a courtyard effect for the rather large patio, so invented the false building. It often convinces people, especially in photos.

I like a relaxed garden! Although I am constantly tweaking it and it's certainly not particularly low-maintenance. In fact it would revert to wild disorder very quickly! But I get lots of nice surprises when things spread, seed or just pop up, and not too many unpleasant ones!

I'm glad you had some sunshine. We had a whole day of heavy rain here and it looks like today will be the same.
It sounds as if your garden is doing well :o)

Thanks Hywel! Grey cloud today - yesterday looks as if it was just a blip!

Lovely photos Melchi, the door and window are brilliant, you had me fooled :o)

Thanks Annella! Glad you like them.

I liked your courtyard feature too, very clever :o) It was nice reading this today as those blue skies do seem to have vanished again ... though the forecast is looking a bit better over the weekend, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed!!

I was completely taken in by your clever door and window effect . . . brilliant! Yes, love it when plants seed themselves, and throw up (nice) surprises :)

Thank you Geranium and Sheilabub! I'm afraid it's been raining most of the day today :-( Still - some of the plants just love it!

Great picutes Melchisedec...that sky is gorgeous!

Thank you Scottish. I'm afraid the sky's been far from blue today - it's rained most of the time!

Welcome to Scotland then :))

We have been luckier than most here, but it has been very damp and grey with quite a lot of rain, and much heavier inland. A sunny few hours has been a very rare treat indeed!

Wow, thankyou for showing the blue sky, Mel, I had nearly forgot what it looked like.Hubby bought me a lovely solar water feature for my coming birthday, but it only works when the sun shines! Its amazing, it comes on in full sun and the minute a cloud appears , it goes off again! Oh well, one day! Really enjoyed your blog.

Thanks Rose! I was up in Kirkby Stephen today. The weather wasn't that bad, all things considered, but definitely no blue sky! If we get a fine spell later this year (we can always hope) it will seem like a miracle. And everyone will be posting their own "blue sky" pictures!

Just thinking about your water feature, Rose. I had one once - you could stop it by standing so that your shadow fell across the solar panel! They are brilliant for placing away from a power source, though. I had a little solar- powered fountain on my water barrel when I first got it. It was ridiculously pricey because they were very new, but I loved it. The brighter the sun got, the higher the water reached!

This one has the water pouring over the umbrella , Mel , but as we are not having much sun is not working much at the moment. Its still a lovely garden feature though and our youngest grandchild loves it!

They are fascinating - I remember my father couldn't stop watching it when he stayed with us, because it went on and off, and higher and lower - all courtesy of the amount of sunshine! I have solar lights now, but they have batteries that charge during the day, so they are constant. Of course, that wouldn't work with something you want to see working in daylight!

Well you could always carry on working at night then Mel! Lol.

Ho ho!!! :-))