If It Aint Broke.......

I am certainly not impressed with AOL's new welcome page.  As soon as I log on the first thing I always do is check the news headlines and often the weather.  News was always at the top of the list.  Now it has been relegated to way down the page as though it is unimportant and you have to scan down for it. Blogs has disappeared from prominent view and are now listed under "Tools and Services".  I have lost count of the times people contacted me because they found me through the old welcome page.  They were intrigued to know what blogs were and found my journal that way.  I am happy and proud to say that I  have helped quite a few people start their journal because of this.  I  now see no encouragement for new people to maybe start a journal on this new-look  page. I think the whole thing is awful.  I was very pleased to see our Jan of Serendipity listed under the top ten blogs but that is about all.  It is true that nothing stays the same forever, everthing changes, that is life.  Change, however, is not always for the best. Progess often seems to make things worse.  As my title says, If it Aint broke then don't fix it!

 

Well, despite the raindrops falling on our heads and the occcasional rumbling of thunder, we did get the border finished yesterday.  Of course it does not look much at the moment, the plants have to settle in and start to grow and at the moment there are lots of bare patches.  We have also sown seeds and it will be a battle as to which comes up first, the seeds or the weeds.  To name but some we have planted Achillea, Helenium, Oriental Poppy, three varieties of Rudbeckia, Perovskia, Campanula, Allium, Creeping Jenny, Sedum, Cosmos, Geranium, Matthiola, Lamium plus cornflower and marigold seeds.  All we need now is some nice warm sunshine to spur their growth along.

So, here is the border we have been working on together with some other flowers pictures from our garden:-

The blue cable along the back runs electricity to our garage and it will not be visible once the plants grow.

The bare patches in the grass are where bushes overhung or tubs had been standing.

I just adore the magnificent Allium flower

Now for two shots of the Cosmos

Water Lily in the pond

And finally

A pity that the sun was not shining but we are still pleased with the way things are looking.

Dean popped over yesterday. They had a rug they had no use for now they have the new carpet down.  Pretty large and they thought we might have a use for it.  We certainly did.  We tried it in the sunlounge at first and when we saw how bright it looked, it was immediately taken from there and put into our lounge.  It covers nearly the whole of our carpet and makes the room look so much brighter. Almost like having a new carpet ourselves. It was nice to get an unexpected gift.

Anyway, that is enough from me today.  Have to catch up now around thehouse, all the things that were neglected due to the intense heat and then the gardening.

Have a good day everyone.  Good luck to our England team with their match today.  I shall be thumping fanimal again.