The amount of cloud and rain we’ve had over the last couple of days has been less than inspiring if I’m being honest but I did my best to find some colour in the garden just to prove there actually is some.

I have to say it was pouring rain when I took all those photos so I’m surprised they came out as clearly as they did!

I like to make an effort to find the colour when it’s grey and not just in the garden. In life in general I am the person in this household anyway, who will look for the silver lining, the bright side, whatever you want to call it. It isn’t always easy but I think of it like a muscle and the more I do it, the more automatic it becomes.

It’s too easy to let the doom take over, especially now when there is so much of it around so I look for the colour – it’s my act of defiance.