CESTRUM NOCTURNUM (Dame de Noche).

11.30 p.m. and just popped out to call the cats in and the perfume hit me, 15 metres away! I cut it down hard 2 months ago after its earlier flowering - and here it is again. Fantastic. And in the USA, they call it an invasive weed.

PRETTY PINK PAMPAS GRASS PLUME.

I love these silky tassels when they wave in the wind. This is their second year in the ground and the first of blooming. I know some gardeners don't like them as they grow so big, but we have a lot of land to use up and planted three.

We had a monster of a storm last Tuesday which knocked our modem out and it took days to get it sorted. This coincided with Yang getting an infection and we had daily visits to the vet to get him right. He is fine, eating again, but a little subdued.

The torrential rain last week meant that our water depositos are all full, the climbing plants - particularly the pink trumpet vine - have gone mad and we've just spent two days hacking back all the new growth. A good clear up of the veg garden is next on our list.

Apologies to gardening blogger buddies for not being so active, here or on your sites. Once I've caught up with the backlog, I shall come visiting.

CHARLIE THE CHAMELEON.

Here he is in his lovely green suit. The earlier picture showed him gradually changing from green to brown as he climbed up the "brezo" windbreak, moving very slowly and his eyes swivelling non-stop.

Our latest sighting today was as he'd climbed out of the gorgeous orange Tacomaria onto a terracotta capstone....see how his colours now blend into the capstone. What a clever, cute little fellah.

BLOGGERS MUSE DAY.

Here is my September 1st contribution:

The World is so empty if one thinks only of the mountains, rivers, and cities;
but to know someone who thinks and feels with us, and who, though distant
is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe