Not long ago, Jude took us on a delightful tour of her new garden. It set me thinking, and these are some of the results.
Whenever I possibly can, I’m out in the garden for breakfast. Keeping a watchful eye and enjoying the serenity. I thought you might like to share it.
Jude, does this say Essence of Summer to you?
restlessjo 
Your garden is quite lovely too, Jo. I’m sure you do enjoy serenity there. 🙂
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June seems a lifetime ago, but I’ve had lots of breakfasts out there this year. 🙂 Yesterday was glorious and I was in the garden with a book and my foot up all morning, then sitting outside at our marina with a friend all afternoon. Things have changed today though 😦 Damp and misty!
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I loved your very nice pictures…
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Thanks a lot, and for your company too 🙂
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I’d love to take you up on the invite Jo, nothing nicer than starting the day with breakfast in your lovely garden.
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So much hotter in Portugal! In every sense. Love to you both xx
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So many beautiful flowers in your garden, Jo! Mine is drenched in rain this week – destroying some lovely lavender as well…
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My neighbours have beautiful lavender and I like to steal the scent x
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Hehe – allowed!
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Your garden is so beautiful Jo, what a wonderful place to relax in. Mine is just recovering from a bout of heavy rain and storms earlier in the week. I wanted to post some before I signed off, but no time. So I’ll enjoy yours instead! I wanted to stop by and see you before I disappear, but I’ll look forward to reading your posts via FB if you post them there. At least then I won’t feel so disconnected while I write…*she says optomistically* 🙂 xx
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I’ve got half an eye on the tennis, Sherri, but it’s just not the same without Rafa. I hear he’s fit and practising again. I won’t have Wifi in the Algarve but I’ll look for you as soon as I get the chance. You’d better have an armful of hugs in the meantime 🙂
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I was gutted to hear Rafa wouldn’t be at Wimbledon. I’m loving Tsonga and the Canadian and Sam Querry beating Djokovic. Bring it on!! Aww…I’m gripping onto all those hugs Jo…they’ll keep me going until you return!
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Sommer, Sonne, Blumen, Gärten, Natur – was gibt es im Leben Schöneres zu erleben?
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Das ist wahr, Ernst 🙂 Schonen Samstag!
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che magnifiche clematis!” le adoro 🙂
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Me too 🙂 🙂
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Wow!
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It looked like that half hour ago, but the clouds have tumbled in! You home again? 🙂
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Home now, after a glorious week of cruising. We’ve just been skyping with our daughter in Manchester. Our winter temperature today was 6 to 20 degrees C and her summer temperature is 5 to 17 degrees. That’s not summer. 🙂
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That’s an English Spring, Summer and Autumn. Take your pick 🙂
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Blaaaah! I will just have to bring some sunshine with me to share with you. ☺
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I had breakfast in the garden this morning and it was beautiful but it’s gone again now 😦 We blame Wimbledon 🙂
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That could be the problem. It always rains at Wimbledon. ☔
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Beautiful botanical captures as always, Jo.
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Thanks, Corey 🙂 Have a great weekend!
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You too! 🙂
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Not much can beat sitting outside in a delightful garden like this, enjoying the natural beauty; great photos Jo.
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Thanks, Barb 🙂 These days are rare, but I love them!
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Beautiful pictures, Jo. I love breakfast outside as well – what a great start to the day 🙂
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And end it in the rain, when you’re safely indoors with the laptop, Dianne 🙂
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How gorgeous – and lucky you to be able to eat out doors! Cold, grey and blustery here today.
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Maybe 5 days so far this year, Anabel! 🙂 It’s been a good week so far but you never know what’s coming next. Raining this evening.
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Stunning photos of your garden, Jo. It looks so relaxing, but I’m sure it takes a lot of effort to keep it so pretty. 🙂
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Effort? I watch it very carefully, in between chapters of my book. 🙂 🙂 I do have a ‘man that does’ though.
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Ah, that helps. 😅
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The husband- of course! 🙂
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Glorious photos, Jo! How lucky you are to have beauty like this in your own garden.
Susan at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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Spring/Summer is a good time for it, Susan, but it’s a bit bleak in the Winter. 🙂
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Gorgeous, I love clematis in all their forms. It looks like your camera has captured the colours well. Do you garden or M? It looks immaculate, even the hostas are intact! x:-)x
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We have a notice up asking the snails politely to nibble elsewhere. 🙂 I’m purely an observer and critic, Gilly, and expert in both roles 🙂
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Jo this is your garden?! Wow now wonder you love to spend time in it. What a lovely image of you eating breakfast surrounded by all that loveliness.
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I did use a bit of poetic license, Sue, and not show you any bare patches or overgrown bits. 🙂 It does look lovely in the all too rare sunshine though.
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Haha well it looks fantastic to me Jo. Sending sunny wishes your way.
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Thank you for brightening up my evening with these beautiful flowers. Wow, you get to have breakfast surrounded by this beauty every day? Lucky you. Nice photos. Thanks for sharing.
Peta
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Certainly not every day, Peta- we get more than our share of cloudy ones. But if the sun shines… 🙂 🙂 Thank you!
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Such a perfect retreat. I am doing the same – pulling out one thing (weedy hydrangea) to put in another (lavender.) Hopefully, the lavender will adjust better to the dry, dry climate. 😉
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Hi Susan 🙂 Our cloudy days far outnumber the sunny ones, so I make the most of them.
(haven’t had chance to read your book because we have been blessed with a few nice days- which means that my evenings are spent trying to keep up on the blog 🙂 I’ll get there! )
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The last photo…..drives me crazy!
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It’s a nice one, isn’t it? Big smiles, Anna 🙂 🙂
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