Summer (Yes, Really!)

Today felt like summer. Sunny all day and it reached 30℃ 86℉.

Yesterday Hubby mowed the lawn. The grass was very long and still rather wet so it was tough going but Hubby said he was very pleased with how the new mower went because he didn't need to keep stopping it to clean out the wet grass congealing underneath as used to happen with the petrol mower.

The summer heat reminded me how much I appreciate the shade our trees provide in the garden.

The agapanthus are almost finished but still look rather interesting I think.

New Lawnmower

With our new lawn being smaller than our pre-drought sloping front and large back lawns, and much smaller than most of our previous houses' lawns, I suggested we switch to mowing with a nice quiet eco-friendly push reel mower. With only a little encouragement my husband did some research online, visited a few stores, and decided which one he wanted... which was very timely as our old mower developed a small leak. If only everything worked out so neatly. Here's hubby trying out the Flymo for the first time. He was very happy with its performance.