..... to kill off the beautiful climbing rose, which grows round the lounge window. There are still buds, which are dark pink on the outside
getting paler as they start to open
and paler still
until, by the time they are fully open, they have turned completely white
The ornamental quince has flowered again (it quite often has a second flush of flowers at this time of year)
But this is the right time of year for the winter jasmine to be flowering!
When I was doing my weekly grocery shopping on Monday, I saw this book was half price, so of course it had to come home with me ........
For those of you not acquainted with Kirstie, it's rather hard to describe her ....... but you can find out more here and here. There are all sorts of lovely things in the book - I just opened it at random to take this photo. If you look closely at the cup with the teabag (click on the photo to enlarge it), you will see that they have been needlefelted!
When we were in the supermarket this morning, I bought some ready made gingerbread pastry(!) - I'll tell you more tomorrow!