Last Roses of Summer

As this Sunday is a grey and miserable day I was doing some indoor things and one of them was downloading photos.   I remembered I'd taken some pics in the garden exactly a week ago when the sun was shining.  I'm wondering now if that was the Indian Summer we hope for, or whether we'll get a second shot at it.....
Anyway, just to cheer me up here are some flowers that are still giving pleasure 

One single bloom of Graham Thomas - I love the way a lot of roses have a proper name, feels like you can get to know them, Graham is very robust.....

Madame Alfred Carriere, a blowsy  French Lady, keeps coming back just when you think she's finished






and here's Jude the Obscure in front of a hydrangea that's now in it's third garden - the previous 2 owners didn't like it! Their loss I think!!  
Jude has been a late starter this year but worth the wait as I always think he smells of Chardonnay!

Lastly  one of my triumphs - a dahlia the slugs didn't get!!!!!

Breaking news! Just caught a shaft of sunlight coming in the window - perhaps it's brightening up