Today has been gorgeous - lovely blue skies, sun shining brightly & not too hot. The irony about this time of year is as much as I love being outdoors, like so many people, I suffer from hayfever!!! Never suffered whilst I lived in South Africa, so it came as quite a surprise to me when the start of my first summer in this country was spent with nose streaming and "panda eyes". Since then, the severity has varied year from year and generally it seemed to be getting less & less. This year, I thought I was going to "get away with it" 
but then coming back from the gym on Wednesday evening, my eyes and nose started streaming.
It normally doesn't last too long (i.e. by July I should be over it for another year), but I had a great day today mowing the lawn and pottering around the garden!! I'm now paying for it with a really blocked and sore nose. It's all worth while, really.
Anyway, the rose buds are starting to open in the garden and this is my first rose of the season. Love the deep red colour. Not sure what variety it is (I rent the house and inherited the garden).
2008-06-08 @ 18:55