garden

Susie and David held a get together for friends on Bank Holiday Monday. The food was lovely and we christened their new garden feature, the pergola. I took along a pinata I had made, wanting to test the design out. Luckily the scarf used covers the participants faces!

This dragonfly stayed long enough in the garden for me to go and get my camera. I did my research to find out that it is a female Southern Hawker dragonfly. It measuring about 70mm in length and it's an inquisitive species that will approach people. The structure of the wings was so delicate and transparent, it was fascinating to watch her.

It's our landmark on Google Earth, the big white oblong. Today we kept faith with the map and put it up. 

Sunday was such a beautiful day, Ashley and I spent the afternoon sitting in a friends garden, he said it had the feeling of a secret garden because it felt secluded, even though it's in a busy part of town. I will let the pictures do the talking. On Wednesday Angie, my friend, and I are going to the Gardener's World Live exhibition at the NEC Birmingham, the tickets are part of the prize for the photograph of the caterpillars.