Short back and sides for all

A few days ago whilst gardening under lowering skies it felt almost as if the summer had gone and autumn was already approaching. After the strong winds and heavy rain the grass was covered in leaves and broken off bits of tree and a lot of the flowers had been badly battered. So it was with a heavy heart that I started to cut back, tie up and try to salvage what I could and today all seems very different. We're back in summer again with glorious warm sunshine, and to prove it the sunflowers have started to bloom. What joy. A dose of mower (not to cut the grass, that hadn't grown, but just to remove the dandelions and fallen debris) and it's a different place altogether. So summer lives on, the first flush of blooms have all been trimmed back in the hope of a second flush and it seems a short back and sides is a good thing for all. Just as well since I too am off for a trim tomorrow - at the hairdressers that is!