Alive with Colours

Sir Edward Elgar(David Austin)

Our little back garden is becoming more and more alive with colours each day. We've had cool and cloudy days with rain, I think the garden loves it! It is showing such intense colours. The yellow Gold Bunnys' blooms have faded a bit and they are on their way out, usually it'll be another four weeks before the next batch of blooms come through. Note: One of you asked if this apricot rose below is Jude the Obscure, which reminds me I was meant to put the name down in the first place. No, it's not Jude, it's Ambridge Rose and that is only one bush there in the photo. I tried to capture all the blooms on that bush in one photo, but it was simply impossible. It doesn't stop flowering once it starts in Spring and it has strong perfume. One thing which I haven't included in my pictures of the backyard is this......... Our rotary clotheline--I'm sure you never expected me to show that, but I read that not everybody in the world line-dries their laundry anymore these days. We do have a clothes dryer, but I only use it when I absolutely have to, say if it rains everyday of the week. I love the smell of the sun-kissed line-dried laundry. This most common, functional piece of metal in the backyard, though not the most decorative, (unless you have interesting laundry) simply there to fulfill its role, is indeed very much appreciated by us all. (doesn't consume any energy either, which is environmentally friendly!) There it is, spinning round and round in the breeze in the background...............