This June is Bliss

I've just been wandering in my garden in the freshness of the morning, enjoying the colours and smells of everything. 'Tis bliss.
I picked some oregano to dry. The stuff that wasn't mistakenly mowed down by a certain man! Never mind. I have enough and know where to get more. Now is the time to pick it, just before it flowers.

The potatoes are growing so fast! It must be because we actually had real rain last week. Very strange. In fact, strange is the new normal.
I have been making smelly herbal oils using the petals of rose, calendula and lavendar, individually in jars that sit in the sun. The rose oil is lovely. The calendula I hope to make into a cream, mixed with hypericum which is flowering right now. I love how the oil of that herb goes dark red.
I put up a swing under one of the fig trees, for the grandchildren, but it's strong enough for me and that is where I sat for a while this morning, just enjoying the day. It's good to have moments when you realise you don't have to 'do' stuff.

calendula

The Lawn!