Have to confess I took my pics on Friday as didn’t fancy being in the garden for the northerly blast forecast for today. My theme is the low afternoon sunlight and how it highlights some of the trees and bamboos here at 3pm, just over 24 hours before British Summer Time ends.
I seem to have photographed this at a strange angle even though the Betula youngii grows straight and true in the top corner of the garden. You might be able to make out a dead branch up there which belongs to Rambling Rose Seagull; I decided that the Rose was getting too strong a hold on the tree and there’s been a serious pruning back. I almost lost the battle but, with some help from my daughter, girl power prevailed except for this last branch, which hopefully the next gale might dislodge.
The sun catches the lovely bark again on Betula youngii.
The Cornus which featured in an earlier SOS, now with hints of gold this afternoon.
Another (too big for this little garden perhaps) Silver Birch. This is a seedling brought from a tree in a former much loved (and bigger) garden. It’s home to a nesting box for bluetits and their feeder. In a couple of weeks time this one will be turning a lovely buttery yellow and probably be featuring again in my pics.
Sunlight catching the bamboo canes.
Not sure if I’ve fully caught the sparkle on the leaves of this clump of bamboo but they are always best just after a rain shower which we had earlier in the day.
Let’s hope we get more days like this to lighten the gloom of approaching November!
The Potter 
Lots of folk took their photos on Friday this week, for the same reason as yourself. While a wet garden has its own attractions, yours definitely does itself proud in the sun. All those light colours! Does your bamboo spread wildly or is it well behaved? It’s a very tempting thing to have in a garden.
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