Better late than never

It's August, and all th red hot pokers elsewhere in the UK have been and gone. So this is when my garden plant decides to bloom. I think it might be because it was thirsty, and we've had a lot of rain recently. It hides under the plum and apple trees and it can miss out on a drink there isn't a torrential downpour. The blooms are a welcome sight, but the influx of molluscs certainly isn't. Snails I can deal with, but slugs... well, they have their [place, but I wish it wasn't on the path to the guinea pig run [squelch, pop, bleeuuurgh].

A bit of a manic day today followed by good food (a recipe started by me, then rescued by F - it was a close call and we almost starved while the bin would have been full!)