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Wet Summer
This June was the wettest on record in the UK. It rained, and rained, and rained. I kind of hoped I’d have painted the workshop by now but it’s been so wet I haven’t had a chance. Any dry weather we’ve had I’ve been at work.
![A wet Nye Bevan rose.](https://aegir.org/media/pages/words/wet-summer/794d420c63-1721411454/damp-rose.jpg)
I like these Nye Bevan roses but when they get wet they fill with water and hang down and turn to mush. This one was lucky and hadn’t filled up yet.
![A damp rose](https://aegir.org/media/pages/words/wet-summer/dd063d7f58-1721411454/damp-rose-2.jpg)
![Another damp rose](https://aegir.org/media/pages/words/wet-summer/8aca11b3ea-1721411454/damp-rose-3.jpg)
![A damp rose bud](https://aegir.org/media/pages/words/wet-summer/433592d633-1721411454/damp-rose-4.jpg)
These are two different varieties. One is “Orange Delight” and I don’t know the other, it was in the garden when we moved here.
![A blackbird in a rose bush](https://aegir.org/media/pages/words/wet-summer/2cdc8464ae-1721411454/bird-in-a-bush.jpg)
This is the other rose from above. I need to prune it and will try again to take cuttings from it. The roses it produces are huge and are extremely fragrant. But! A bird in the bush! None in the hand. It’s a proverb subtracted by one.
![Oriental lilies](https://aegir.org/media/pages/words/wet-summer/de7fcac1db-1721411463/oriental-lilies.jpg)
When the sun did come out, it was glorious. These lilies just popped up, I planted them years ago and they did nothing for a whole year, and then boom.
![Greenery](https://aegir.org/media/pages/words/wet-summer/53d040cdee-1721411463/spurges.jpg)
One positive effect of all the rain is how green everything is.