Saturday, September 23, 2017

23/09/2017 Sort of lost it today and hardly picked up the camera!

Maximum temperature 24C,  minimum 9C. 10 km/h SE wind with 16 km/h gusts. Dry.
I hope we have now cut enough to see us through this winter, it is hard work!  Stacked in the barn in the dry.

Bee on a weed in the lawn,

Different bee on the sedum.

Harvestman

Christmas cactus

and a little closer.

26 comments:

  1. Very pretty photos! Hope you are enjoying the beginning of the fall season.

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    1. Thanks Velva. I love the colours of fall but that is all, neither of us likes the cold that starts with it and then continues into winter!! Have a good day Diane

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  2. At first I thought the wood was a collection of acorn caps left in one place by a squirrel. Silly me. I like pictures of insects. I know how hard it is to get good ones. And flowers are always nice to look at. (Hope you find IT soon.)

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    1. Ha ha hope to be back out with the camera later today. Bit cool at present and nothing much around. Thanks for the comment and have a good day Diane

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  3. No wonder you lost it.

    Look at all that wood!!!!

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    1. Yes it was a busy day with one thing and another. Have a happy day Diane

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  4. Gorgeous series, Diane, I can see all the intricate details!

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    1. Many thanks Linda your comments are always welcome, take care Diane

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  5. A lot of wood; I too hope it's enough for y'all this winter. We don't have a fireplace, and kind of miss it.

    Your photos are wonderful, as always, Diane. :)

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    1. Thanks Sally, when we fist moved here we had an open fire but it did not throw out much heat which is why we changed to the wood burner. We could not do without it in winter despite having central heating as well.
      Take care Diane

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  6. You have certainly packed that wood in well.

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    1. Nigel cuts and I stack we work well as a team :-) Thanks for the visit Diane

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  7. Another very nice selection Diane :)

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  8. We used to have a wood heater and stove when I was young and we had no trouble getting wood as we lived in a very small town in a huge farming community. I wonder though, as development grows, where do you get your firewood from?

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    1. We live in the country with farms all around us and masses of forest area and woodland. The French are very good at conserving the forests and woodlands. We have never had a problem buying wood locally so far. Enjoy your day. Cheers Diane

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  9. Where do you get the wood from? Love your bee shots so well in focus.

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    1. Thanks Diane, I wish bees would keep still instead of bouncing from flower to flower LOL. See my answer above to The Yum List re where the wood comes from. Hope all is well on your side of the world, t'other Diane

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  10. All our sedums here are flowing too - a sure sign of fall.

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    1. Sometimes I find the bees love them and others they seem to ignore them. This year they are not going there much! Cheers Diane

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  11. Your Christmas cactus seem to be a little early. ;)

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    1. It is always early, guess no one told it what its name is. Lucky for me as we are never here at Christmas. UK calls :-( Hope all is well Diane

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  12. They are still stunning photos Diane. 'Losing it' doesn't have any adverse results on your photos! Kim

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    1. Thanks for the kind comment Kim. Hope all is well in the South. Diane

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  13. It looks like a lot of wood but I bet you easily work your way through it in your cold winters Diane. It's hard for me to imagine, I hardly ever put the fire on even in the middle of our winter!

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    1. It is a lot of wood but generally we run out around the end of March. Think this year though we have cut more and stacked it better! I would not survive without the fire!! Mind you we had a fire even in our home in Rhodesia not that I remember it burning for many month during the year not like here! Cheers Diane

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