Flowers in July

Thank you for your kind comments after my last blog post.  I'm glad to say that the members of our family who were ill are better now.  Our local daughter and the rest of the family have helped us from afar by keeping in regular touch.   Recently our daughter M who lives locally was able to visit us once more and gave us a beautiful bouquet of  roses and lilies.  It was our 58th wedding anniversary last month so I arranged the flowers in a vase and placed them near a favourite photo of Mr P and I relaxing in the garden which had been taken by our granddaughter.

The weather is a lot cooler now in the UK and there have been frequent rain showers, but in other European countries and in the United States I understand that extreme weather conditions have caused problems of drought and wild fires.  It must be very worrying to be living in such conditions.

I took a walk in the park and saw the patches of wild flowers that the park staff  had sown near the library and rose garden earlier in the year.

In our own front garden the row of sunflowers grown by Mr P from seed have all done well.  There have been rain storms and strong winds, but they've survived.......

....... and there are many new flowers in the covered yard and indoors.

The grapes are developing in the greenhouse along with courgettes and other vegetables.  Hopefully we'll get some sunshine soon to ripen the grapes.

Thank you for coming by.  Have a good day!

My Week

Rosa 'Wedding Anniversary'

We often follow the country lanes alongside the Upper River Derwent and the Heritage Trail when we drive through  areas of Derbyshire. At one point the narrow road follows along wooded hills with the river valley below and the gritstone cliffs of Froggatt Edge above. There's access to the river banks on a path by a quaint little bridge before the road continues on to villages such as Calver, Eyam or the town of Bakewell.   

We had lunch in Froggatt. It's an unusual name for this little hamlet and possibly means that it was originally called after a cottage there, 'Frog Cot'. We've had lunch in The Chequers Inn before and we were happy to return and enjoy a freshly cooked meal.  

Whilst waiting for our food to be served I went to explore the garden behind the inn which is on two levels with a path leading into the woods. The rhododendrons were still blooming although some were just going over. 

Later in the week we visited the local garden centre to get some plants for the garden.

a local garden centre