Awful weather - typical Brits talk

RAS

Very soggy here. Setting up for another event the other day, I did grab a photo of a dahlia. Love the flowers against the bronze foliage in the late afternoon grey light. Think it might be David Howard but it definitely isn't dwarf.

RAS

Was going to add this to the previous post. No idea what the climber is and it's gone over more than in previous years. Even so it makes short work of a large oak tree. Above the loos they have a similar sized oak tree into which a large rose climbs, although I've not seen the flowers.

YoungBlueEyes

Wow 2 striking photos RAS.

The dahlia pic - is the foliage bronze? Looks blue to me, a proper bright blue!

Farway

Lovely dahlia photo RAS and the climber looks impressive, guessing it's "invisible" when green?

I've had a message from Woolsery, he is currently on the MSE naughty step for wrong think and naughty behaviour, but anticipates a return toward the end of the month. His poly tunnel is still under construction, but with a reduced labour force

A wet morning again, but gave me a photo op of castor oil plant leaf [ricinus] in the rain

YoungBlueEyes

I was wondering where he was, and that's what I guessed tbh.  Ah Woolsery, I'm only sorry I missed whatever got you on the naughty step this time ha haa! 

That castor oil plant looks lovely with the raindrops on it, such pretty veins too

Farway

YoungBlueEyes said:

I was wondering where he was, and that's what I guessed tbh.  Ah Woolsery, I'm only sorry I missed whatever got you on the naughty step this time ha haa! 

That castor oil plant looks lovely with the raindrops on it, such pretty veins too

They do make very impressive plants with huge leaves and spiky red seed pods, and ideal for poisoning Russian spies [joke BTW, not intended as an instruction, I don't want to be banished to Naughty Step]

Black_Cat2

Beautiful pictures guys 😻

Wet and windy in Somerset with the gutters not coping very well.  Even the birds are struggling in flight!  Autumn is officially here x

YoungBlueEyes

Poisoning Russian spies - made me laugh 😁

I bought a load more books at the weekend, one’s called “How to Kill Your Husband (And Other Handy Household Hints). I wonder if it mentions your plant…? 

Himself is nervous…. (He needn’t be, I need him alive to pay the mortgage ha haa!) 

RAS

YoungBlueEyes said:

Wow 2 striking photos RAS.

The dahlia pic - is the foliage bronze? Looks blue to me, a proper bright blue!

Sorry, poor colour representation; definitely bronze but under dark grey sky.

EDIT: nicked a leaf on the way out today and compared it with several "Bishop's" in the vicinity. Identical in colour.

Farway

It's just wet, dull & awful out, with occasional thunder. I had intended to get a picture of a lovely orangey Bishop's children dahlia grown from seed this year, but maybe not right now.