Arctotis

Woke to a lovely bright but frosty morning and after braving the supermarket and putting the shopping away I succumbed to a hot chocolate, which I had sitting outside in the warmth. What a change from yesterday, when the heating went on mid-afternoon.

All the Geraniums have been removed from the garden and are residing in the green bin, which gets emptied tomorrow. However, I am very tempted to retrieve them and put them somewhere frost-free for the winter. Must resist. I already have more cuttings and small plants in pots outside the back door than I know what to do with. Old habits die hard.

The Fuchsias are a different matter and will be overwintered. Then I suppose in early spring I'll start taking cuttings again and have even more plants than I know what to do with. Sigh! Can't wait for my new greenhouse to come.

I don't suppose there will be many more opportunities to blip flowers, so today's offering is an Arctotis which has already shut up shop for the day, so it's a good job I took the picture earlier.

JJ is three quarters of the way through the spindles, which means they just need glossing, but he's on car washing at the moment.