04/11/2018 An odd collection of photos.....

Maximum temperature today 16C, minimum 6C.  Dry; 19km/h South-Easterly winds with up to 38 km/h gusts. 

We have had a few cold and damp days so the fire has been working overtime.

Indoors the Christmas cactus has got the months a bit muddled, but it is good as we will be away for Christmas anyway.

We are both Porsche fans as you can see.  I made this garage many years back in South Africa as a present for Nigel.

House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) and Eurasian collared doves (Streptopelia decaocto)

Common crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane.  They were milling around in the sky yesterday getting into bigger groups ready to fly South for winter.

Look what the bit of sun brought out...

Bee as above...

and a bumblebee.

The holly is starting to look very pretty.

Petunias after a shower of rain a couple of days back.

Still some roses around.

And for those of you that could not see what I could in the clouds....

Does this help 🎠😉

I have at last updated my bird blog HERE

31/05/2016 Continual rain. . . . . . . and a couple of photos from last weeks walk.

Maximum temperature 19C, minimum 11C.  48 km/h SW winds.  18 mm of rain measured this morning and still raining!

Rose.

Love in a Mist.

Lots of pods and 1200gr of broad beans from the garden.

Raindrop close to where I took the shot yesterday with the reflection of the house.

Filling in time, I made myself a choker with matching earrings.

Have put this on before - a workshop that I made for Nigel for his birthday many years back when we owned a Porsche 356.  Wish we had it now - worth a fortune!

A well hidden dam that I came across last week out walking.  I only saw it when I was about to cross over the spillway - lots of trees.

Common Blue female, taken with the Samsung last week.

Speckled Wood also taken with the Samsung.

and a ruin of something next to the dam.

19/09/2015 A couple of photos from the last two days. Will only get back to normal next Wednesday.

Maximum temperature today 21C, minimum 9C.  14 km/h NW wind. 7mm rain.