This morning, in order to show a positive aspect of the hot weather, Jackie photographed Wash Day at Downton.
She then cut my hair.
After lunch I posted https://derrickjknight.com/2022/08/07/a-knights-tale-147-ten-hours-at-the-wheel/
Later, I carried out a dead-heading session and
photographed a few flowers which bear their titles in the gallery. Bees were quite busy, although the first one was clearly sheltering beneath the zinnia petals. A number of seeds, such as those alongside the deep red backlit petunia, were blown in the air.
While I was uploading these pictures Flo and Dillon set out on a watering and planting session.
This evening we dined on chicken breasts marinaded in Nando’s lemon and lime sauce; Jackie’s savoury rice cooked in my chicken sauce; and tender green beans, with which she drank Hoegaarden, Flo and Dillon drank water, and I drank Signargues Côtes-du-Rhône Villages 2020.
Is Downton your village or the name of your home? I’m a huge Downton Abbey fan. Lovely pictures.
It is our village – now no more than a few houses, a garage, and a pub. Thanks very much, Pat
You have most of the essentials covered then, Derrick. Have a lovely day.
🙂 Thanks very much Pat. Unfortunately our house was once the village shop and Post Office – so we don’t have one now
Love the new pictures of the practical and the pretty.
Thanks again
You both make me feel quite lazy. 😏 As always, your garden looks beautiful, with or without the wash.
Beautiful flowers and especially roses. As usual we are dealing with rains 😁
Thank you very much, Rupali
I’ve never seen clothes dried that way! I’m struck by the bokeh effect in many of the photos. (I think that’s what it’s called?) I’m particularly drawn to the single hollyhock and the hydrangea.
Thank you very much, Liz. Yes it is bokeh – a word I have learned on WP
You’re welcome, Derrick. I first ran across the term on WP as well.
I have seen hardly any bees this summer and there are more or less none of those big bees that live in somebody’s hive. The only benes I ‘ve noticed have all been the smallish wild bees.
Pretty much the same here, although we are getting bigger ones at the moment, John. Thanks a lot
We have a worrying mite that is affecting bee hives in an adjacent state. We don’t know how much we depend on bees, eh?
With my dinner, i imbibed Barry and Sons Shiraz 2020, from the Clare Valley near Adelaide. ’twas nice.
Thanks very much, Yvonne. I’ll look out for it
Wonderful gallery of blooms, Derrick. We liked Jackie’s wash day shots as well. Does the little solar panel on the arch keep the string lights on all night?
The lights stay on all night if we have had enough sun – so, at the moment, yes!. Thanks very much to you both, Maj and Sher, from us both
I wish I could hang my laundry outdoors — the fragrance is wonderful. I enjoyed your hollyhock photos, too — especially the little bundles of seeds. I used to give those to my dolls as ‘gifts’ when I was a child.
Thank you very much – especially for that childhood snippet, Linda
It was also a great wash day at Dreamwalker’s Derrick and loved all of your blooms <3
Thanks very much, Sue X
YAY for using the sun to dry the laundry! 🙂
YAY for getting a haircut! (“What do you call a group of men waiting for a haircut? A barbercue. :-D)
YAY for gardening!
YAY for busy-buzzy bees!
(((HUGS))) 🙂
PS…when I was a kid (back in The Dark Ages) we used an old wringer washer to wash our clothes and then we hung them on the clothesline to dry. One of the neighbors had a Great Dane dog who would come over to play with us in our backyard. My mom would get mad when he would run under her newly-washed-damp laundry! HA! 😀 I can hear her now…”Get that dog out from under the clothesline!” 😀
Thank you very much, Carolyn – especially for the additional story X
Beautiful flowers! Let’s see your new haircut.
Thanks a lot, John. I’ll see what we can do 🙂
Oh, I love hanging out the laundry. Such a peaceful practice. Your photos are stunning as usual. I think I love the last one the most. With the bee and the flowers in the bottom corner and the lovely background. Just gorgeous.
Thank you very much, Jodie. I am pleased I didn’t crop that one
Yes! The framing is what did it for me.
Those flowers are simply gorgeous Derrick. Like the wash day shots too. Reminds me that I’m due for one too!
Thank you very much, Miriam
I especially loved the vibrant yellow of the French marigolds.
Thank you very much, Rosaliene
Such lovely pics Derrick. I remember when my mother hung her clothes just that way. Nothing like sun and breeze for delightful laundry.
Thank you very much, Holly
So welcome!
Beautiful flowers! Some of them are delightfully luminous! I like the clothes hanging arrangement!
Thanks very much, JoAnna
Beautiful flowers,
Thank you very much, Verma
The flowers are beautiful. Are there specific days for washing? I always like to see clothes drying in the sun😊 and I take photos.
Thanks very much, Lakshmi. Mostly it is Mondays
I have never seen clothes hung under an umbrella. Beautiful flowers!
Thanks very much, Laurie
I love the smell of sun-kissed laundry! Your garden is in great shape considering the heat and dry weather – glad you have water carriers on board.
Thank you so much, Anne
There are so many beautiful flowers it would be hard to pick a favorite.
I like the clothes umbrella! 🙂
Thanks very much from us both, Lavinia
The flowers are amazing, especially the Hydrangea!
Thank you very much, Aletta
I had to smile at the makeshift laundry whirligig. Good use of it.
I love hanging washing outdoors and when the line is full I peg the rest to a clothes horse and pop it outside.
Thanks a lot, Sue
I like the washing pics. It’s so homely.
Thank you very much, Geeta
The garden looks pretty as a picture
Thank you very much, Sheree
Clearly, a very busy day!
Thank you very much, GP
Lovely captures Derrick 💐
Thank you very much, Val
Saturday was my wash day. Did about ten loads of laundry due to bedding being used in the camper last weekend for five beds.
That is an enormous amount. Thanks very much, Andy
Usually it is three or four loads but there was a bunch of bedding to do. I hung it all out on the line and the triple digit temperatures has denim dried in an hour.
Beautiful flowers. Love the hollyhocks! Monday seems to be a good day for washing!
Thanks very much, Dwight
You are welcome.
I remember my mom hanging out the laundry to dry! It always smelled so fresh.
Thanks very much, Pat. Jackie tells me it never did in London
Most welcome, Derrick.
Your flowers are gorgeous, even with the heat you have been getting this summer.
Thank you iso much, AnneMarie. We are getting a lot of help with watering from Flo and Dillon
I am glad to see that your splendid garden is flourishing in glorious. colors, despite the weather
Thank you very much, Dolly
Your flowers are gorgeous!! I salute you & Jackie for your amazing gardening skills and you, Derrick, for the wonderful photography skills! I’d like to be there having a glass of Signargues Côtes-du-Rhône Villages 2020 with you!!
That would be most enjoyable, Jan. Thanks very much from us both
🥰Have a Terrific Tuesday ❤️
That garden is absolutely stunning!
Thank you very much, Ribana
Love those flower photos 😍😍
Thank you very much, Kartik
It’s getting less common here to dry your washing outdoors, but my laundry room is a tad too small for such an appliance – I use a rack to air things – after they’ve had a turn about on the outdoor rotary line … sometimes they spend days out there, rinsing!
A cold rinse, I imagine. Thanks very much, Catherine