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The attraction of dirty water to cats remains a mystery, Kazz. Experiments have been done, offering them bowls of 'natural' standing water and fresh. They showed no marked preference for pond water. I reckon it's a matter of dignity and overblown ego: they just like the idea of finding their own water.  |
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Sandy, your garden is absolutely stunning! In the picture with the rose and clematis, what's that dark purple plant to the left? Doesn't look likre bapista, nor delphinium..  , What a restful garden; you must spend a lot of time there. As to cats, all of mine over the years have lapped from the tiny lily pond I have; never seemed to hurt them...and my Siamese once caught and ate a small frog!!! Naughty boy! |
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Dandysmom, the dark flowers on the left side is another Clematis, I'm Clematis and rose mad! So glad you like the garden. I do spend a great deal of time there, but I'm a fidgety gardener, always fiddling with something, lol! The pond area is my favourite spot. The cat's too. Typical of a Siamese to be so idiosyncratic! Most cats have an instinct to leave frogs alone, since some of them are poisonous. A visiting cat caught one of my frogs this summer and the frog SCREAMED so loudly that the cat dropped it in astonishment and it escaped. I had no idea that frogs could scream, thought I was going round the bend, but I checked it out and it's true.  |
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I'm always learning things here, didn't know frogs could scream either! The one Su-ling caught had just recently been a tadpole, very small frog, and eaten before I could stop it! Any particular type of roses you especially like? I don't care particularly for modern hybrids, beautiful but too fussy! I like the heirloom roses, species, and David Austin English roses. Have a Souvenier de Malmaison in bloom now; we haven't had frost et here in Washington. |
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Love the David Austin Roses, but my gorgeous Abraham Darby climber was killed in the bad winter we had 3 years ago, so I haven't bought any more, since all the other roses survived. I'm keen on the Fruitesorbe climber in the picture, also have 2 Zepherine Drouhin climbers, wonderful perfume. Then I have about a dozen other shrub roses, all floribundas, no hybrid tea roses. Very keen on my latest addition, a German rose called Aprikola. I'll dig out of few pics if you're interested. I also have a monster called Smartie, looks and grows like a wild rose but has delicate very pale apricot/pink single-petalled flowers and flowers all summer. |
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Now I'm with you on the Zepherine Drouhin the perfume is proper old rose isn't it and no thorns - a must in my book I love roses but not keen on the thorns. Although I will plant them on the boundaries of the garden where I'm not liable to have to walk against them. I love honeysuckle and jasmine in with my roses. Yes please pictures, |
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Sandy, your garden looks beautiful x |
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Aprikola  Lavender Dream  New Dawn  Sorbefruite       Rose Smartie   A visiting rogue called Murk!  |
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What lovely flowers; Sandy your garden is truly superb!! |
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Absolutely green with envy. What a stunning garden Sandy. |
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