Well mine looks like an explosion in a plant nursery.   The white buddliea has reached 15ft, as has the pittisporum (which the nursery said wouldn't get past 4ft.....hmmmmm), topped only by the bay tree at 17ft.

The bastard service tree is looking scruffy, but has it's usual red berries. The robena tree has white berries and the pyrocantha has decided to have yellow berries this year, so the birds will be happy. The blue tits that were here in the spring/early summer have departed for less cat infested climes, but the blackbirds are still around.

The japanese anaemone is in flower, the ivies are looking splendid and in need of tidying and the fuschia is positively rampant.

Mostly though, I have been growing orb spiders and their webs. The biggest (traditionally called Lucy, don't ask why!) was the size of a marble and her web was more than 2ft across, with tethers at 4ft. The enterprising one who spun her web across the front door got caught by the mailman.

It's been a bit windy this weekend, so they'll be out there later, repairing and resetting like crazy.... a more peaceful thing to do I can't think, just watching a spider make a beautiful web from its arse.

LTS