All the pots in the garden have been planted, but not much to look at yet, except these little fuchsias, which have flowered.

We planted Dianthus  'Little Kisses'  underneath the roses that are near the house and they give off a lovely scent as you walk by.  Hopefully, they will not go over until the roses bloom and do their scenty thing.

This is a little meerkat garden ornament my girl bought me when she was about eight...he looks just like me at the moment ....I'm  wilting in the heat.

Someone had her first bath, well shower actually, it's easier.  She has so many fear based issues still, bless her, we've put off bathing until now. She's been in plenty of water since we've had her, but not with shampoo and surprisingly, she was good as gold.

Drying off in the sun

They both had a good brushing and I found a use for  the seed cake basket on my bird table. 

Not very focused and do excuse the neglected, rusting milk churn.  Whenever I brush the dogs, I will deposit their fur into the basket for the birds to take as nesting material.  

Pruning has taken place and some trees were given a severe 'haircut' (should have taken before pictures, they looked like triffids!).

Tree by the pond

Tree at top of garden

The one thing I find hard about lovely sunny weather and the subsequent exposure of flesh, is the fact that bugs, especially mosquitoes, see me as a walking smorgasbord. I was bitten badly yesterday (this always happens) and THEN I take precautions....berk!  I have in the last few years been using this wonderful stuff and if you suffer the same fate, it's brilliant and you don't end up smelling of toxic waste (believe me, I used some stuff in Greece that cleared the room!).

For lunch, I treated myself to my version of a cream tea. Mr passed on this little treat and  had a mushroom and egg roll instead.

I don't eat cream anymore, but full fat Greek yogurt is a lovely replacement.  I was miffed that I'd run out of homemade strawberry jam, so had to go with sour cherry conserve.  The combination of sour cherries and sharp, creamy yogurt was sublime, so delicious, and healthy (not mentioning the all butter scone here of course). 

We had, yes, more asparagus for tea, with some bubbles.  The heat completely killed out appetite, so we just snacked on lightish stuff.

To just spend time pootling in the garden over the bank holiday has been so relaxing.  The coast would have been heaving with people, so we intend to pop there at the end of the week, weather permitting and hopefully have a nice swim in the sea.

I would love to know what you've been up to this weekend/bank holiday.