leighlife: rain

Monday, 2 July 2012

rain

When will the rain ever stop? My roses are waterlogged but the alchemilla always looks wonderful with raindrops.

1 comment:

Gunilla said...: Apparently only a few more weeks before the gulf stream moves north, it has slipped too far south! My roses are the same, some mouldy before they can come out. I think definitely a non-season in the veg. garden. XGunilla; 3 July 2012 at 09:50

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