Two Great Seasons in the Garden

Weather wise, it's been a great year (for me, anyway). The spring was long and cool with quite a lot of rain -- quite different from the other two years we've experienced here. Then summer came -- in a sense. It never got very hot, at least not for weeks at a time, and we had occasional rain to keep the garden in good order.

April, May and June were great months, with flowers everywhere (wild ones -- we haven't had much time for anything ornamental so far!) and a mix of sun and showers.

The sea of yellow flowers is our 'meadow', an area of rough grass and weeds that we cut with the lawnmower. Later in the year it becomes a bit scrubby, but in the spring there's a series of wild flowers of different colours.

A misty morning in early summer.

Set up for a party... We put the tent up for Meg's birthday bash in July and it's been there ever since. The days are still warm enough to enjoy a lunch of wine and cheese out there...