It was late by the time I got home, so this wasn’t the first thing I saw, and this is the back garden anyway, so obviously not the very first thing to see. Next morning, thinking of breakfast, there is no escape.

But then I waited a few weeks to actually take this photo as Jill was in the middle of moving a few plants, particularly in the central island, and I wanted to take a more settled photo. Not that we ever reach that point of nothing happens, after all there are always plants growing (and most in our garden grow bigger than the nursery predicts) and right now there is a lot of weeding going on down the left (south) side.