Ich hatte eine Blogpause, aber Probleme mit dem Hochladen von Fotos, ein kurzer Krankenhausaufenthalt und eine schöne Gartenreise nach England (von der ich im nächsten Post einen Überblick geben will) haben den neuen Post verzögert.
Meanwhile... I have taken a "Blog break" and, along with this, problems with uploading charging photographs onto the computer, a short stay in the hospital, and a wonderful trip to England' s gardens (I will tell you about it in my next post) have delayed the new post.

Today my nephew Rafael is visiting from Teneriffa. He has drawn three winners from my Blog Birthday Draw.

We went into the garden with the names of the commentators written on little paper notes and Rafael made a great effort not to cheat!!!

It' s late in the evening. The candles are shining, the garden is glimmering in the moon light and the glasses of sparkling wine are waiting for us to celebrate the winners.

An now I finally know the three winners to whom I will send a book.
Regina (My Country Rose Garden)
(Stichwort: Hostas)
Birgit (Birgits-Day-after-Day-Blog)
(Stichwort: Sempervivum)
Elfe (Flower-Power-Blog)
(Stichwort: Gartenreisen)

I ask the winners of whom I don' t have the e-mail adresses to send them - and their postal adresses as well! - to me so I can write which book to send.

By the way, Mauzi watched the draw very strictly making sure that we did a good job.

An now, finally, I' d like to show you some impressions from July in my garden. The roses are not blooming at the moment, but the lilies and the day lilies as well as the phlox are in blossom.

Erigeron annua and Sanguisorba Hybride
Photos vom 29. 07. 2008

Photographs after the hail yesterday from this morning (Phlox) 30.07.08!!!!

The yellow Hosta in the picture 'Hosta and Acanthus' on the left side. Do you recognize the plant?

This is Nature!!! And I' m glad that she show us sometimes our limits. Nex year we 'll have a new chance for faultless leaves (at least the first snails will come in Spring). I hope you have more luck in your garden in this year!