The June garden

Each day I've hoped for rain and each day has dawned dry with a feisty wind for company. Why rain - to wash the fertiliser in on the field in front of the garden for Diva and Dolly and of course it was the one thing set to make the drought continue. Still last night we did at last have a few showers before today dawned.........dry and overcast, mellowing to a clear blue sky with obligatory feisty wind. Still hopefully the horses can now feast on the new improved grass as Diva come closer to her day of foaling.




The garden has grown lush of late despite the French lavender dancing in the pots on the terrace in the eternal breeze and the country lanes have lazily settled into their summer finery of Dog roses and mounds of Honey suckle garlanding the hedge rows




Olly still takes his various self appointed duties very seriously escorting me here and there about the garden - occasionally disdainfully glowering at the scurrying Rabbits - the duties of a garden cat. Wilbur the garden Tabby scored a hit on the day of the garden opening by carrying a newly demised rabbit straight into a group of visitors which provoked loud screams from the ladies - he was so shocked he dropped the rabbit and fled poor chap but he is now restored to full rabbiting mode. I've just seen him departing towards the Italian Garden with a gleam in his eye!

I was fascinated by the star fish shadows under the date palm in the main courtyard as the sun is now high overhead

and lastly meet Dandy who was born in Marazion and is the latest Danni baby - we went to see him this afternoon after the obligatory shop in Penzance - pretty cute!