1. After last week’s washouts (literally), I expose the images for a good long time. I’m rewarded with a rich royal blue.

1b. Company while I work: first, two wappy black cats then later, a calm helper.

2. The currant bushes droop lower and lower as their crop plumps out.

3. Lily dashes around the garden as fast as we’ve seen her run for a while. She loves O’s garden: it’s flat and grassy and, thanks to visiting foxes and cats, must smell great.