It`s a beautiful sunny, breezy and warm afternoon here. Hard to believe it`s almost the end of September. Some mums have popped up in the mostly jungle green front garden beside the sedum.
Summer geranium is blooming brilliantly still, in a pot out back near a snapdragon.
I forget what these are but I was really giving up hope of seeing flowers yet still blooming at this time of year.
A strange combination of autumn coloured vines and fresh pink roses....
Angus poses amongst the autumn sedum and mums in the back garden.....
Then decides it`s the perfect day for a stretch out and nap.
And for me it`s a perfect day to sit outside and read this wonderful book by Susan Allen Toth....
A taste from page 23....... "As I wondered through London and then hitchhiked from Stratford to Stonehenge, Warwick Castle to Loch Lomond, I found myself not just dipping my toe into the current of the past but almost sinking into it over my head. When I walked down Whitehall, where Charles 1, flawed but gallant, had been executed, or stood in the shadows of Donne`s shrouded effigy in St Paul`s, or strolled the pleasure grounds at Hampton Court where Anne Boleyn had dallied with Henry VIII, I felt historical ghosts thick around me.................................................................... .................................. But history seemed to have vanished from Iowa. (my thoughts, North America) In England, it was still alive."
7 comments:
Angus is lovely. Sara from farmingfriends
Ah well, over here in good old England we have mainly grey, atmospheric skies with the occasional shot of melancholy golden sunshine - we had a little indian summer, but now we are into autumn. Gingers love the sun, don't they? I know all cats do, but gingers seem to worship it, like dear Angus.
Angus looks like he's smelling the flowers....or is he a she? And tell Elvis that if I was their I would give him a bone.....
Oh, Tea,
I love Susan Allen Toth. I have this book as well as another of hers.
Angus looks so relaxed and contented. I have a chance to have one or two of my sister's new kittens but don't know if my doggies would accept it/them. I do believe Elvis has a better temperament than my two. He must, if he can co-exist peacefully with cats. I didn't have a problem with my previous dogs but Penny really got bent out of shape when I tried to adopt a cat after Dusty died.
Julie
Oh yes history is very much still alive in England, if you've a mind to see it it's all around.
I've never heard of that author-it looks like an interesting read!xx
Oooh, that looks like a book I need to grab! I just love Angus. He looks so happy in the sun.
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