A morning stroll round the garden

This is such a lovely time of year in the garden.  The greens are still widely differentiated - they grow more similar as Summer comes along.  So many flowers are blooming, and more are in bud waiting to burst open.  After several warm days and much sunshine the scent of the wisteria is overwhelming.  

I went out this morning while there were deep shadows to breathe it all in and take some snaps before coming to do some work.

The view at the top of the post is the back of the house taken from the seats above, which remain cool in the early morning.  I love the long view south from those seats, the lovely old hawthorns and across next door's land.

A closer view of the leaning hawthorn which fills my view as I sit at my computer.

The close view to the left of the shady seats is of the pittosporum with the most delightful almost black tiny flowers.

Elsewhere there are many greens, and colour combinations galore.

There is a gusty wind today, so the newly built fruit cage looks as if there is a monster slug in it!  The loganberry is now protected from the birds but not the bees - and it looks as if there will be a heavy crop this summer, if the weather behaves!