22 May 2025

I often comment that babies, cats and gardens do not perform on demand.

Since the mid-90s my Rosemary and I opened our garden to garden societies including the Vancouver Rose Society. We would work very hard and in our large Kerrisdale garden, Rosemary would cut the lawn that was close to our borders with scissors. And even though the garden visit protocol states that you cannot use the house facilities I was commanded to clean the house thoroughly.

When everybody left we would sit down exhausted. Vancouver Rose Society visits can be a tad more exhausting as I open my garden on a weekend for 2 days. The weather forecast as of today says it will be cloudy on May 31. I will check tomorrow for that 10-day forecast to see what Sunday, June 1 will be like.

When possible I like to photograph my garden either early in the morning or in late afternoon. What follow are the photographs I took today.

Let’s see if my garden is the exception to the rule and it will perform on that coming weekend.