Limerick of the day

There was a young lady of York

Whose pet pig was made into pork.

Though she cried, "Oh you've minced 'er!"

They still all convinced 'er

To eat up her pig with a fork.

Ali Smith - There but for the

Photo of the day

Quotation of the day

Friend: "Would you like any more?"
Young South African: "I have had an elegant sufficiency, thank you."

Gravel

New gravel is down and herbaceous border in its first year.

The Countess

La Comtesse de Bouchard flowered today.

Jackdaws

The first thing I did on returning home from hospital was to walk around the garden. My arrival was met by screams from the rooftop where two agitated jackdaws were positioned. They were not screams of joy. Their fledglings were sitting along the trunk of the wisteria, in the middle of a flying lesson. As I walked past, the young birds jumped down from the trunk and hopped across the lawn to the magnolia, their parents shrieking as I giggled.

Perfection of the day

Whilst many local roses are past their first flush, this is the only flower on the thirty bare rooted rosebushes which we planted in March. It's a shame I can't send you a whiff of its heavenly scent.