The maximum temperature here today 16⁰C, minimum 9⁰C. It just keeps raining!!!! Over 100mm in the last fortnight. Very windy with 31km/h North Westerly winds with gusts up to 74 km/h. More rain forecast.
A slightly bedraggled speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria).
Rosemary beetle (Chrysolina Americana) pretty but sadly a pest.
A Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)...
As above.
The caterpillar of The Lackey moth (Malacosoma neustria)...
then along came a spider....
and sat down beside her.
Black and red froghopper (Cercopis vulnerata).
As above.
The western honey bee (Apis mellifera).
European paper wasp (Polistes dominula)...
As above.
The Dun-bar moth (Cosmia trapezina) larvae...
It was on a sprig of rosemary that I brought in from the garden, which I only discovered when I put the sprig under the tap to wash it. Lucky fellow, he got put outside to have a second life
As above.
Peony, the only genus in the family (Paeoniaceae).
Wet, wet, wet, Rhododendron, Iris, Grape leaf and peony.
24/05/2021The potatoes are doing well, waiting for the continual rain to ease off so I can plant everything else! This was a dry spell at 8pm! I sort of managed to cut the grass yesterday afternoon, but it was so wet underneath that it did not pick up at all - cut grass all over.
Returning to May 8 the local mayor had a small ceremony for Victory in Europe day.
I am glad we went as there was only about 20 of us, all masked of course. This photo was when the young lady was reading all the names off of the memorial. After each name is read everyone says "Décédé pour la France" (died for France). They will never be forgotten.
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My local list of wildflowers. (90 Species 23/04/2021).
See also my
