Both of the more mature roses around the roundhouse are now in flower, and the scent on a still day is so wonderful you can’t but pause and breathe it in as deeply as you can. I love this photo: it shows so beautifully the calm of the place, together with the roses, a few poppies and scabious, young teasels and oxeye daisies, and of course the view towards the hills. The gentle celebration of life that is an English summer’s day …