We have been blessed by the weather this week after a long rainy winter! My mood often changes with the weather so I try to get as much sun as possible whenever I have a chance. I love sun, it’s the best thing ever and it’s free!

My roses – I’m a huge fan of David Austin Roses – are doing great these days. My all time favourite, Gertrude Jekyll roses are blooming lovely with fantastic fragrance.

Gertrude Jekyll rosesGertrude Jekyll rose in vase

I water my flowers and trees with organic seaweed juice regularly for several years now, and they seem to enjoy it. I stop pruning roses vigorously for a couple of years, and I feel I have more and repeated roses than before. I’m not sure which method works better but these days I just leave my roses to have their free will. Some of them are heavy, so they drape and touch the grass but they look natural to me – I used to tie them with bamboo sticks etc.

Anyway, my other favourite, Roald Dahl roses are slowly blooming now. I can’t wait to see them popping up. Dahl’s fragrance is less powerful than Jekyll but it has beautifully subtle sweet aroma.

Roald Dahl rosesRoald Dahl rose in a blue bottle

David Austin roses keep their fragrance for weeks even when they are cut flowers. It’s amazing! I love any flowers but especially fancy flowers having fragrance.

My poet Church also enjoys flowers, sits by them, sometimes sniffs them and designs his new poems in his little head in the garden on a sunny day.

Church and the roses

On the other hand, I’ve started new FB promotions of The Tokyo Bicycle Bakery and lowered the ebook price at $2.99/£1.99. We’ll see how it goes!