la rentrée

Half a term over already but its only now that the weather is catching up.

This morning it was very chilly, Trevor cycled to get the bread as usual and came back complaining that  his hands were frozen.

It's definitely getting close to to when I get up to find plants blackened by the first frosts. Time to bring inside a few specimens and wrap up some more.

                                                                                               





I would hate to lose this dipladenia and it will flower for ages yet in our kitchen.

The black leaved plant is a succulent called Aeonium I have seen large specimens in some gardens and they look really sculptural, I was only able to find tiny plants last year and have nutured them all summer - mustn't lose them now!














The next few days will no doubt see the end of the geraniums in the window boxes which have looked great all summer, not to worry though the winter pansies are planted up and waiting in the wings.








As for the pool - you must be joking 16 degrees now - even Trevor says that's too cold!