April showers in December? Someone’s having a laugh.
Perhaps it’s
this hebe;
the viburnum bodnantense Dawn;
roses like Crown Princess Margarete, bowing her head to keep her face dry,
or this Pink carpet rose ripe for dead-heading;
violas,
primulas,
or geraniums.
I obliged with dead-heading many of the roses.
This evening we dined on Jackie’s delicious sausage casserole (recipe); mashed potatoes; and crunchy carrots and cabbage. Jackie drank Hoegaarden and I drank Louis de Camponac cabernet sauvignon 2014.