Both Friday and Saturday were lovely days dry, sunny and warm enough to sit outside. On Friday I made a very small Victoria Sponge cake as I'm now down to my last quarter bag of self raising flour. We sat outside in the afternoon and had tea and cake in the garden as a treat. We could hear people enjoying their gardens across the walls, fences and hedges and the smell of cooking wafted in the air. Barbeques were certainly being put to good use.
I sat out later in the evening and saw the most amazing thing. I was under the canopy looking at the pond when suddenly something silvery and shimmering in the sunlight rose up into the air from amongst the flag irises. It flew straight towards me and then into the top of the canopy where it rested for a few seconds before flying off over the hedge. It was a dragonfly which had a shorter but wider body in a dark colour. I looked into the middle of the irises and saw where it had emerged from.
Saturday was another lovely day, I did a bit of gardening in the morning in the front garden, taking out a few weeds.
Wood Avens has appeared here now. It's hard to spot as it looks very similar to the geums until the flower appears. I've given up trying to take it all out and grudgingly accepted it here and there but the trouble is it's very invasive and springs up everywhere.
Wood Avens
Geum Rivale is also known as Water Avens so it does seem there is a connection between the two plants. A few years ago we were given a big clump of the Geum Rivale by a friend who lives in mid Wales and who is a keen gardener. It has spread quite a lot, been split and planted in quite a few places across the garden. It seems to like our soil here.
The peony flowers have opened up on the front but are still in tight buds in the back garden.
London Pride
Later that day I had my first experience of Zoom as we chatted to friends in Nottingham for over an hour. It was great fun and seemed an easy and delightful thing to do. In the evening we watched the film The Darkest Hour.
Today has been colder and wetter so I've been inside ironing, reading and making a plum and apple crumble for tea. I forgot to take a photo it was delicious and we still have some left for tomorrow.
Photos taken from the bedroom window this evening. The vixen visited earlier and I was hoping to spot her again in the daylight. The Tamarisk tree has taken on a lovely pink hue.
Meanwhile here is a photo from Fox Cam or is it Badger Cam?
How was your weekend?
