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Just because you take a day off work, it doesn't mean that the sun will shine...

A cloudy morning, the scent of rain in the air. Took a walk through the gardens at Kingston Maurward, where there were many students from the agricultural college lurking in odd corners behind the shrubs, waiting for me to embarrass myself by absentmindedly humming the notes of the hornpipe I've just started trying to learn on the banjo.

In the Red Garden, red things. Do you think this is a type of fuchsia?

A Viburnum?

Can't even hazard a guess at this one.

Ageratum and monumental leaves. (Canna Lily?)

Salvia still going strong.

And in the shelter of the Brick Garden, the marguerites and the geraniums still in flower.

Not yet autumn, in the Japanese Garden. I think I need to wait a few weeks before I make my annual pilgrimage to Minterne to see the maples.

Tree fern.

Pygmy Goat & goatee.

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From:

mallorys_camera

They certainly look like fuchsias.

That is one fine-looking goat!

From:

puddleshark

I think they must be fuchsias, but I hadn't come across such a vivid scarlet variety before.

The goats had some old cable reels in their enclosure, and this goat was evidently king of the castle.

From:

heleninwales

I adore pygmy goats. They are exactly like normal goats but in a handy compact size. They had a few at the agricultural college I used to work at.

I sometimes dreamed of having a mini-farm with Shetland ponies and pygmy goats, but it wouldn't be practical.

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puddleshark

There were four or five pygmy goats in an enclosure with various wooden platforms and walkways, and not one of them was on the ground. Such characters!

From:

house_wren

Thanks for taking us on a garden walk.

The one you are wondering if it is a viburnum - we always called that plant Lantana. I love the multicolored blossoms.