Summer bedding.....

We've had visitors today. Friends we made during our Italy holiday last summer. We visited them at the beginning of the year and today they came to us. And it's been a lovely day. 

After the tremendous thunderstorm last night, this morning was wonderfully cool and refreshing. It heated up LOTS this afternoon so we went out to find some shade and to chase any breeze. Coombe Gardens had it again! The rhododendrons and azaleas are almost over now and new plants are taking their place. The alliums are still going strong though. 

It's half term week for schools and my mind has gone back to this time last year and my last weeks at the castle school. It's taken a while to settle into a new way and I've had to make decisions which were not to my plan. It's hard to believe it's June at the end of this week......