Today we enjoyed more sunshine and less rain than yesterday, but the wind raged at 55 m.p.h. I battled with this on a dead heading expedition and later photographed some windswept plants – I was at least as wobbly as the flowers.
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Although Jackie had taken down the most vulnerable hanging baskets they were blowing in the wind,
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as were many of the flowers, some of which will be obvious from a lack of focus or a missed framing – sometimes it would be me who wasn’t holding the camera steadily enough, such as with the first of
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this group of phlox.
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On the other hand these lilies of the same plant, one cluster higher than the other were pictured just a second apart.
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More worrying are the leaves of the Weeping Birch, already prematurely aged by wind-burn from previous gales.
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Comparatively sheltered are most of the day lilies
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and some of the roses.
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The decking and St John’s wort were largely protected.
This afternoon, Jackie and I watched the Wimbledon Ladies final between Marketa Vondrousova and Ons Jabeur.
This evening we all dined on Red Chilli Takeaway’s excellent fare, with which Jackie, Ian, Dillon and I drank Kingfisher.