I cant let the EU vote go unmentioned... We sat up until well past 3.00 watching the results come in - it will effect us all in some way or another especially our young people who will reap the long term consequences... however... Lets not get too depressed by the result - what ever your preferences are it was at least a democratic vote... I, sadly, feel we are moving into an increasingly right wing culture - but I'm not prepared to believe that everyone who voted leave is a racist or bigoted - there was alot of misinformation broadcast and alot of manipulation and economics with the truth... but at the end of the very long day it was a democratic process. For me its not a matter of celebrating but it is what it is and we need to accept it and motivate future generations to rise up and find ways of keeping the world peaceful and safe... difficult as we slide into a potentially unwelcoming right wing direction.... At least it wasn't a landslide victory for the leave campaigners.... and on a brighter note we have Glastonbury to cheer us up - I'll be sat warm and mud free watching the best bits on tv not even slightly envious of those who are there...
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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