T'Other half

I desperately wanted the two side by side, 'twas not to be. This single flower is all I have to show from 3 bud clusters, 2 of which died in childbirth. That one is as wide as yesterday's entire flower group.

:¬((

If you don't already have any SERIF photo handling gear DO NOT BUY IT

The very act of copying from Serif and pasting back to Serif is sufficient to strip off ALL traces of EXIF

But I digress

In case it isn't obvious ... I'm a bit of a plantaholic.

A couple of years ago we bought a, reputedly, scented rhododendron. Chap said they were quite partial to cold tea (in lieu of the minerals not washed down the Himalayan slopes)

After a copious diet of Yorkshire brew it decided to flower this year.

Woe, woe and thrice woe. Two of the 3 bud clusters died in childbirth, leaving "one is one and all alone....". From this one bud struggled the flower, all the rest having given up the struggle and gone home.

I was gobsmacked by the size and it actually did have a scent.

Roll on next year. Or am I whishing my time away?


If you've struggled this far ... the coin (10P) is exactly the same size as a US $1/4