I was having a look at photos on my computer and realised that I hadn’t done a blogpost about Kellie Castle. It dates from the 14th century and is supposed to be haunted – is there a castle which isn’t haunted? Anyway, we went there one afternoon in July, it was a lovely day as you can see I hope, but sadly it was one of the very few good days we had last summer. If you want to read about the castle’s history, and see some photos of the interior, have a look here.

The gardens at Kellie Castle were looking particularly good, I think we caught the flowers just at their best for once. There are various nooks and crannies that you can go and have a sit down in and enjoy the views and plenty of countryside to wander in.

The clematis was rampant, unlike my own which all got that ghastly blight – again.

I know that we’re all supposed to love red roses but yellow ones have always been my favourites, these ones were lovely in combination with the clematis, but I don’t know what kind they were.

Who lives in a house like this? Well I wouldn’t mind at all, especially if the garden goes with it. I think this cute wee place must have originally been lived in by a gardener, maybe the castle’s head gardener. It’s like something out of a fairy tale.

I don’t know about you – but that look back into last summer cheered me up a wee bit, which was just what I was needing, because just as everything was beginning to grow in my garden – back came the snow and ice. It’s a hard life being a plant in a British garden, nipped in the bud just when you thought that winter had gone. If we don’t get a half decent summer this year I might have to go and find some good weather for a while, but where?