The garden is both parched and green after weeks without rain. The summer has been hot and dry for the most part, the third in a row. The trees and shrubs provide the greenery and the foliage of some of the perennials also resists the drought. The spring flowering plants are generally gone to seed and well on the way to dying back.
 Thankfully rain is forecast to break the heatwave of the past week, said to be the longest run of temperatures this high in London since 1961. Cool, damp days will be like balm for me. Much as I love the sun I find it easier to warm up in winter than I do to cool down in summer!