Friday Flowers

Late last night, we had a great thunderstorm rumble across the Cape, bringing the first heavy rains we've seen in over two weeks.

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The welcome rain brought the pink Rose of Sharon into sweet bloom in the cool morning sunshine.

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The back garden is looking a little worse for the wear, after so much heat, and so little rain. I need to do some mowing and deadheading sometime this weekend. Still, amidst the chaos, there are still lovely bits, like this orange marigold...

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...and this pink cosmos flower.

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