Hello again! It's been a wet Bank Holiday here in Devon!

Lovely garden. Hope you get better weather tomorrow. Later on in the week is supposedly going to be warmer. YaY!!!!!

Thanks for the lovely welcome back and hints that warmer weather is on its way later in the week. I am about to go outside just to get some fresh air - I hate being cooped up indoors! Now, where are my wellies.....

Welcome back from me too Wildrose....I hope you are enjoying the peace and quiet now the family has gone....despite the rotten weather!!
Lovely sunny pics btw :)

Good to see you again Wildrose and your lovely garden, its good to have some peace and quiet sometimes but it would be even better if it coincided with a warm sunny day.......
(forgot to say its lousy here as well)

Nice to see your very lush garden, love this type of planting. I shall be needing to divide the Crocosmia like yours mine are begining to take over.
No gardening for me today unfortunately, its been raining constantly all day. We have been promised a dry sunny day tomorrow and then back to the rain again.

At the Council stables here there is a lady who has a Shetland Pony. It is 40 years old. She keeps it as a pet.
She works as a dinner lady at the school to earn the money to keep it. The paddock and stable rent is £40 a month. Goes twice a day on an electric bike some distance, all year round to look after it, also her daughter's horse. So it is not lonely.
She is a very happy lady.
I used to go there for horse manure, thats how I know.

That is a lovely story. She must be a very kind person and a true animal lover.

The little ponies we saw were so gentle and friendly and were also very well looked after.

Great to see you again,Chris..and your pretty garden..My Lucifer Crocosmia's are finished now,but I do miss the colour.. but the shorter ones are in full bloom to compensate....lousy here today too,but at least it didn't start till lunchtime..so just had to get out of the house..so had lunch out :o)
I bet it is quiet without your two little boys..but nice to have your own space ..till next time:o))

It was awful when they left - I could still hear their little footsteps on the floor and their little voices in the garden but we are sort of back in our old routine again now. Still too quiet though!
I don't blame you for needing to go out despite the rain and more rain!!!

I can imagine,Chris..I would feel the same..such a shame they live so far away...:o(
On Countryfile tonight,they said we were going to get alternate days of sun and rain this week..so fingers crossed,it's our day..and everyone else's tomorrow ! :o)
Sending you a PM...

Sorry to hear about your wet bank holiday. We had the same :o(
But your garden looks lovely in the sunshine !
The ponies are pretty. I see some in a field near here too. They're cute :o)

Nice blog Wildrose, lovely ponies. Been pouring down all day today here, back to work tomorrow!!

Thanks for all your nice comments and I hope you all saw some sunshine today coz it's not looking too promising for tomorrow!!!
Sheilar I hope the sun was still out when you arrived home from work. We need all the sunshine we can get!

It kept its promise here too,Chris..been out there pruning Pyracantha's and have the scratches to prove it ! ..

Correction - the Council stables with paddock, are £45 a month. Sorry. This may vary in other parts of the country.
Another horse owner told me they cost £200 to be put to sleep. Also a local farmer keeps a corner in of one of his fields for a horse graveyard to help them. He buries them for free. There are some wonderful people out there, if we only hear about them.

Lovely to see you again, and your colourful garden Chris, but sorry you had a wet Bank Holiday: bit mixed here too. But I'm COUNTING on the sun shining in north Cornwall in mid-September . . . my precious 3 days at the seaside!

Glad to have you back here Chris, your garden is looking very lush. I'm removing some daisies soon and quite a few Lucifers along with some of his relatives. So many things have gone mad this year. How lovely that miniature pony centre looks, Aislinn (6) would love it, So would I :-)

Glad that you are all still here!!

The pont centre was so nice because it wasn't over commercialised and they had thought of everthing to make it a really good day out. I loved it!!!

The garden has been under attack in the last two days!!! John has pruned two out-of-control rambling roses and all I can say is 'There is very little left of each of them!!!.' I wonder what next year will bring?! Two new roses possibly!

Hallo Chris, nice to see you back on here and hope you enjoyed your time with your little ones. Sorry to hear about your bad bank holiday weather. Dare I say it, we had sunny weather all through our time in Ireland!

Hello Rose, I am so glad that you had lovely sunny weather in Ireland - well deserved!

Thanks Chris, will write soon . x