The Secret Garden in the rain

[puddleshark]

In the Secret Garden, the salvias and penstemons doing their best to brighten the grey day:




Rainy days are best for trying to photograph those wickedly bright pink penstemons.




Sambuca nigra 'Black Lace', I think. The contrast of pale pink sprays of flowers and dark foliage is spectacularly beautiful.




Lovely, lovely rain. Everyone in the supermarket this morning was moaning about the weather, except me. The rain has cheered me up no end. I did have to take shelter in the greenhouse, with the pelargoniums, at one point, during a particularly heavy downpour, but the pelargoniums proved to be good company.

Comments

[heleninwales]

The rain adds a beautiful softness to the photos. I've been enjoying the fact that the weather had turned much wetter, but was glad the rain held off today. Despite the forecast saying it would torrent down at lunchtime, it actually stayed fine which was good because I was helping with a pop=up plant stall with proceeds to charity.

[puddleshark]

Yes, the light has been so much kinder this week. It's much more fun taking pictures when you are not battling harsh light.

I've glad you got a break in the weather for the plant stall. Hope it did good business!

[heleninwales]

The stall raised £234 for the Macmillan Cancer Support charity, so it was worth doing.