Shining out

These acer leaf buds are shining out in the garden. We did some more pruning and tidying out there today, and just as we finished for the day the rain started. Please may it not continue to rain now until October...

Various news items today - most significant in our household is that OB got longlisted in the National Flash-Fiction Day 2013 micro-fiction competition. I have to tell you this because he is modest and I am not!