Summer has arrived!

Charlie and I have been seeking out the shade in this hot weather. Our favourite place to be is Highwoods, where there is still water flowing, albeit not as much as during the winter/spring! The third photo shows my very neglected and overgrown pond area, where the beautiful red water lily has miraculously managed to flower in spite of the pond weed (which I am supposed to remove regularly.) I have had a few days off and done a lot of cutting back in the garden, but there is still loads to do. Hopefully tomorrow or over the weekend I can tackle a bit more. I cleared a path today - the one next to the hedge, which gets inundated by the hedge brambles on one side and the comfrey on the other. That's when I spotted the water lily as I haven't been able to get near the pond because the bees were all over the comfrey. Charlie wasn't too happy that I was cutting back the long grass he likes to eat. He looks emaciated in this photo but I can confirm that he got weighed at the vets the other day and he is 32 kilos, mostly muscle!