It is always nice to travel and we certainly had a great break….but all good things have to come to an end, so it was with some regrets we headed for home. The journey can be summed up by saying that the car could have done with a rudder and tiller rather than a steering wheel….as the motorway signs kept saying ‘Floods Ahead’….and there were.
But the sun actually came out to welcome us home. The garden much to our surprise has survived the worst that the weather could throw at it…..Maple leaves glowed as they start there change to autumnal colours……..
………Even a lone Rose shone out from amongst its wet foliage………
There was some warmth in the afternoon sun and it soon dried off the garden enough to enjoy a short explore to see that all is well. I mentioned in an earlier post that Dahlia’s have not done well this year for us…..so we were very pleased to see that another bud had developed and burst adding more colour…….
The Cosmos were not to be out done and now a little past there best are still but on a brave show….
Before we went away we had begun to ponder the thought, that as it has been such a tops – turvy season for plants, if the Sedum would ever change colour to its September Red. Well it hasn’t done so yet but has made a good start to the process. Its full heads more speckled in colours than we expected…
But as I said….it is nice to be back home. I just wonder what the post on the desk involves and how many e-mails need actioning….and of course how many bills will need paying.
22 September
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