6 ducks were having a heavy preening session in front of the house.
Gertie had gone off to find her own bowl of water.
The two boys wouldn't tolerate that and escorted her back to the group,
where she gave a lovely demonstration of how to be an angel:
The beautiful climbing rose "Albertine" I had brought all the way from my Desford home in 1998. A piece of it is mixing merrily with the cream and red roses over the arch to the duck run, but the main part is growing very well along the hazel hedge I planted last year. I think the leaves of the golden hop complement it very well.
Friend Michael Hall has done a great job building this new fence. The 6 Call and 1 Aylesbury ducks were the treasured pets of his late mother, they will be safe inside the duck run. Michael, his wife Elaine and myself couldn't manage to carry Captain's hut uphill from the side of the big pond, I had to give my great friend Graham a call and he came and gave us very welcome help. I am going to put a temporary fence around the new ducks' hut until they get used to their new surroundings and my 7 runners can get used to them.
On my way back round to the duck run I took a couple of quick snaps in the conservatory. This Calla lily disappears without trace every winter and suddenly appears again this time of year when I've forgotten all about it.
Banana trees, grape vine and leaf cacti are all doing very well:
I'll be interesting to see how my little lot will react to their new guests in the duck run.
This patch next to the Post Office fence continues to give me lots of pleasure, there is always something new in flower. The buds of the Turk's Cap Lilies started opening two days ago, and now my favourite Allium "Schubertii" is doing its 'firework exploding' stuff. Very soon the white buds of the mock orange you can see in the background will open and fill the air with a very sweet fragrance.
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