Thursday 2 June 2016

Five On Friday - flowers in the rain

It's been a wet old week here in Normandy, any gardening that had to be done was managed between the rain showers wearing unglamorous wellington boots and my ancient, seen better days, Barbour jacket.


Feeling a bit like Julie Andrews I was able to capture "raindrops on roses" when I did finally venture out with my camera.
To my delight this beauty is by my kitchen door and makes me smile every time I pass by.


The decades old wisteria, that was growing rampantly across the garden when we came here 20 years ago, continues to thrill with it's heavy flowers and heady scent.


Orange and pink tinged honeysuckle and apricot coloured climbing roses grow up through the Virginia creeper and bring colour to the front of the Presbytere, bursting through the relentless green to find the light.


A hot pink rhododendron rescued from the reject corner at the Jardin d'Elle garden centre six years ago has also benefitted greatly from the damp days.



Hoping the sun comes out this weekend...........

Joining Amy @ Love Made My Home
for her weekly meme
Five On Friday.

21 comments:

  1. Your five on Friday are just wonderful! And it dawns on me that it IS Friday now where you are! Ha! We still have a few hours of Thursday left.

    Your roses are fabulous! Julie Andrews indeed!

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  2. Gorgeous flowers, the rain just makes them glisten !
    ~Jo

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  3. Rain, rain, rain here too, but I did get out in the garden late this afternoon to cut back the day lily stems that had blooms out. Your flowers are gorgeous. Love the rain kissed bloom. Just read about all the flooding in France. Hope you stay high and dry. Austin is fine, but much flooding just to the east. So sad for those who have lost much!

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  4. What a wonderful set of pictures, so colourful despite the grey day, your garden is a delight!

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  5. What a wonderful set of pictures, so colourful despite the grey day, your garden is a delight!

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  6. A garden in the rain is the picture of spring. I love my mind's eye picture of you booted and {old} Barbour-ed.

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  7. Lovely flower pictures, especially with the raindrops. Hope the sun shines this weekend. B x

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  8. We too have suffered with much rain but I like you I was not brave enough to venture out into the garden to sort out our must do jobs. You put me to Shane bathe flowers in the garden look perfect

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  9. Hi sweet Maggie! I read about all your rain! Lots of tea required! Your flowers are gorgeous. Great 5!

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  10. A beautiful set of flower photos. I can almost smell the fragrance from the wisteria, honeysuckle and roses. You have plenty of space for your rhododendron to thrive and it's lovely.

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  11. Pretty flowers - even if they are in the rain. I hope the weather has improved now. I've seen the news reports about all the flooding over there. I hope you escaped it all.

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  12. Such a delightful garden, beautiful flowers.

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  13. Beautiful flowers. I love the rain caught on the petals. Lovely!

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  14. Amazing photographs of your beautiful flowers.

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  15. Amazing photographs of your beautiful flowers.

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  16. Your flowers are delighful and the rain seems to suit them. I do hope it dries up a little for you soon and that the sun will shine:)

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  17. Oh such incredibly beautiful flowers!!! That honeysuckle is incredible isn't it! Such a wonderful colour. I really enjoyed seeing all of your flowers. Thank you for your support of Five On Friday, I so appreciate it!!! Have a great weekend! xx

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  18. Gorgeous flower photos even with rain in the air! :-)

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  19. Lovely flower photographs. I especially love the roses.

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  20. Really like your raindrops on roses and the wisteria.

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  21. Just enough rain does certainly make everything beautiful. Our summer heat has settled in and will only get hotter with no chance of rain in sight until late in the year. Right now it's 10:20 am and 43C degrees. Ugh!

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