The weather here on the west coast of Ireland is fantastic... everyone we meet is in shock but delighted about the sun...but there are drawbacks - every morning so far we have had our breakfast al fresco.... until today... last night we had to flee the midges much earlier then usual and in the morning when we awoke - we looked out of the van and it was a potential Hitchcock movie..... swarms of midges surrounding the van - millions of the little blighters - there was not a breath of a breeze and we were trapped...I think its a combination of bogland mountains and a yellow beryl..aggghhhh....
We fled as quickly as we could get organised feeling a bit out out... but the morning was salvaged as we stopped 45 mins later for breakfast next to the sea and to our delight an otter swam up caught a fish dragged it out and sat not 20 yards away eating it and then it rolled about in the seaweed playing!! What a treat...
I love these (rare) warm sunny late summer days and there is all sorts of lovely things going on in my garden... I counted 12 red admiral butterflies whizzing around the over grown ivy which I had been about to hack down but then left until the flutterbies have finished with it... The late blooms add a dash of colour and the daisy strewn lawn is littered with autumnal leaves, debris from my brief half an hour of slash and burn and the stone wall is covered in glorious soft moss all shiny and tactile with a few late nasturtiums loitering. I've hacked out the brambles for this year, sadly I missed the fruit as we were away, ditto the strawberries, we never seem to get the fruit before the birds so I've made space and moved the plants that were getting swamped and so not performing to their potential - hopefully next year they will literally blossom now they have light and room to flourish.
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