Can it really be wash day again? The best bit about doing the laundry is pegging it out to line dry & having the perfect excuse to look around the garden. Somehow it looks different from here! There is a gorgeous perfume too , lily of the valley. This year I think it is the best display ever. There are lots of flowers running through the raised bed, creating the most beautiful scent. These dainty bell like flowers are so pretty, I am tempted to cut some & bring them indoors to enjoy.

My roses too are coming into flower. Penelope  is blooming – the flowers perfect & abundant. I cannot resist getting closer to enjoy the delicate perfume. Buds too are have formed on my Munstead Wood rose. I love the colour of this, deep rich red, the petals remind me of velvet. This is a David Austin introduction, a full old English style beauty. I confess on a dull day it can perhaps look a tad gloomy so I have some vibrant herbaceous geraniums growing under my rose, like a skirt to lift & compliment.