Come see the sun
Three days now of sun… could this be summer?
This is anything but a brag shot situation, because the weeks of rain have left so many damages and weeds, I had to really hunt for shots that I could gulp and show, but having gone out with camera as well as tools, this is what there is.
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That’s how you just came into the garden and onto the terrace. I am calling the part on the right “Mint Madness” this year.
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Look who’s peeking down at us from on high. It’s the gufo, otherwise known as Tilda.
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She has re-entered the kitchen at least twice now by climbing this rose. She won’t come out now because Bear is there and she trusts no cat.
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If we look across the terrace and squint a bit, we can see a sea of hemerocallis just starting to toss flowers at us.
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We would go down there using these stairs if the roses hadn’t completely closed them off.
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A few of the potted things really need to be pulled out to share some of the sun.
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And when we go inside we find Tilda has found amusement in picking cherries up by their stems through the net covering the flat. Once they were opened, she tossed them onto the floor and chased them for a bit. I found and washed all of them, except the two I later stepped on. I thought Guinness might be interested in a cat that doesn’t like chicken but likes cherries, but I suppose all cats like to chase cherries.
Poor Tilda, she is afraid of even Bear? Bear, who will comfort lost and frightened kittens? Bear, who is a strong friend to all cats? Poor Tilda, she knows not what she is missing.
As for those roses, is that single rose “Ballerina” that I see? Mine is simply exploding with blooms this year. Spectacular.
The single roses were sold to me as carpet roses — no names — to hold the banks at the edge of the terrace. As you can see I have to cut them all year long to keep them from overwhelming the house, the terrace and the garden below. They’re easily a 7 foot tall carpet. This morning and yesterday I cut several 5 gallon pails full and delivered them to the neighbors.