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That's a lovely blog and I have really enjoyed reading it. What beautiful plants you have. Glad the Granddaughter's project is thriving - what a responsibility!!
The geum is attractive and a pretty colour. Your border has come on well, too. I'm glad you Garden Helper is well catered for. She is a lovely girl. Is your plant cerinthe? Ours are sporadic in their appearance. Beautiful blues and yellows. Shirley.

Anget, you're right - it is Cerinthe - so thanks for that. I bought a packet of seed after seeing photos of Cerinthe on here some years ago.
My garden helper (Megan cat) is now 18 years old and still enjoys a chew on the Catmint!

Lots of lovely colour Shirley. Well done Ange for identifying Cerinthe - I knew I’d seen those leaves somewhere before! It’s obviously happy ... they don’t usually grow so tall ... Love your Acer btw.

Lovely blog Shirley and I totally agree about rain drops on foliage. Also glad that the anemone flowered it should be back to normal flowering time next year.

My Cerinthe used to pop up sporadically but nothing I the last 4 years. I must buy some more seed.

Lovely blog, Shirley! I enjoyed reading it and looking through your pics too. Beautiful colour and greenery all around, the pic of your hosta is a good capture, so clear..and your right - they look so attractive with raindrops on or just after being watered.
I’m pleased your granddaughter’s carrots are sprouting..looking healthy too. She will be pleased her project is well under way!
Megan is looking pretty as always, she is a good girl isn’t she, helping you out around the garden..

Sheila, that Acer was looking sorry for itself so I gave it some TLC . . . it has certainly responded well!

Sbg, I put the Anemone corms into the chipped bark covered area. This will hopefully be a low maintenance shrub area . . . fingers crossed . . . :o)

Thank you K, those yellow Iris will probably need to be moved as I find myself almost knocking into them every time I walk through the archway! I'm wondering if, like Triffids, they move around, as I'm sure I didn't plant them there originally ....

Hi Kate, I definitely would not have called Megan a good girl when she was howling by the back door at 4.15 am today! Goodness knows what she had seen or heard in the garden, clearly upset her as she rarely howls like that.

I am so glad some of those Carrot seeds germinated for the school project . . . just need to keep an eye on them now!

Your raised bed looks very nice - what an attractive contrast of colours and shapes. I remember your little tortoise peeping over the edge! And its nice to see little Megan again - funny how some cats love catmint and others aren't interested (we have one of each!)
You have some lovely colours, especially the blues - can't go wrong with blue! And your Hosta is magnificent - and you are clearly an expert in keeping it slug free!

Sue, now it's funny about the raised bed as I was wondering about changing it completely, putting pebbles and rocks in, along with some Acers to make the garden easier to maintain. Still not sure if that would work!

As to the Hostas, this is the first time they have been placed there, in the shade all day as it's a North facing wall and it obviously suits them. Perhaps the S&S don't wish to slide across the block paving . . . :o))

All lovely Shirley, :-))

Thanks Daylily ... grey and dull here today so looks like a housework day for me ... :o(

Me too Shirley ... put a wash on, watered the front and back gardens, baked a cake, and ironed some of the shirts from the earlier wash! I think I can now have a guilt-free read in the garden ... hope you’ll do the same 🙂.

Sheila, you put me to shame as the sun decided to shine after all, so after doing the ironing (feeling smug here!) I went out to use the long handled scraper tool to get some weeds out of the block paving. I did sit for a half hour and was pleased to see a small blue butterfly flitting around the plants . . . :o)

There's a lot going on in your garden Shirley, I'm sure things are later this year, well they are with me anyway ... it will be interesting to see what happens next year.
Lovely to see Megan :)

Thanks Hywel, I just thought it would be interesting to compare what is in bloom this time next year. Megan is currently outdoors again ... in the shade ... sensible cat!

Nice looking flowers! Apparently this plant is also known as 'Honeywort' or 'Shrimp Plant'! It also appears that it is an annual which may account for its sporadic flowering. It would probably grow & flower from seeds that had dropped into the soil after it had died.

David, thanks for that info., another thing I have learned from GoY this morning!

Glad to have been of help, Shirley! 😃 There is so much we can learn on the Internet, isn't there?

Oh yes, Mr. Google comes in very handy at times!

Shirley, I prefer DuckDuckGo!

David, I have no idea what that is!!

DuckDuckGo is another search engine that does the same as Google but doesn't keep a hold of your data. It's much more private. I've been using it for several years now. It's results aren't influenced by sponsors paying to have their results come at the top of the results page like google does.

David, thank you for explaining DuckDuckGo to me.