27/05/2018 Taking a walk down the road.

Maximum temperature today 25C, minimum 14C.    Rainfall 20 mm measured this morning; 

10 km/h South Westerly winds with up to 26 km/h gusts.

Total since 1st January; 528 mm and another storm expected this evening.

Still busy with the painting, things have slowed up a bit as it has been very cloudy and difficult to see properly as the house is quite dark.  The garden must be happy though with last nights rainfall 😊.

Buttercups; (Ranunculus) and poisonous to humans.

Calves...

with Mum.

Clover and fern.

Cow parsley; (Anthriscus sylvestris)

Daisies; possibly Oxeye...

Daisy with Trichodes alvearius....

Three for the price of one, not sure what they all are.

Daisy; possibly Ragwort.

Dog roses; (Rosa canina)

Elderberry flower. (Sambucas). The berries traditionally have been used to make elderberry wine, syrup, as well as pies and jellies,

I have put this old farm equipment on before but a long time ago...

as above...

As above.

Back home the first daylily this year and

a female blackbird; (Turdus merula).

N.B. My bird blog is updated  HERE 

Part 10 of the birds I saw last year in Africa.

01/10/2017 Wow October is here - grey skies and wet! Photos hard to come by.

Maximum temperature 17C,  minimum 11C.  14 km/h SW wind with 34 km/h gusts. 10 mm of rain measured this morning.

Rose bud.

Clover in the lawn.

Quinces :-(

Calendula.

Graphosoma italicum.

Viburnum,

Wasp I think of some kind.

Mushroom, looks like someone was hungry!

Sedum

Hoverfly.

Today's veggies from the garden.

Tomatoes and orange and yellow carrots.

11/08/2017 A walk to the next hamlet and what I saw along the way.

Maximum temperature 22C, minimum 12C.   9 km/h NW wind with 28 km/h gusts.  15 mm rain measured.

The first thing I see as I leave the house and walk around the corner is our neighbour's barn.

I just love these chicory flowers that are everywhere at the moment.

Clover flowers.

Bladder campion or maidenstears (Silene vulgaris).

Daisy with a fly.

Gatekeeper butterfly, female.

Gatekeeper butterfly, male.

Raspberries.

A rose bud peeking through a fence.

Rose hips.

It this a fungus growing on a rose plant?

Cuckoo Pint seeds.  A member of the Arum family and poisonous.

Thistle....

and another thistle with a bumble bee.

 Large Yellow Rest Harrow

Wisteria.

For those that might be interested, I have started my blog on our South African holiday earlier this year.

30/07/2017 A few emergency photos late in the garden

Maximum temperature 25, minimum 16C.   11 km/h NW winds with 19 km/h gusts. Not enough rain in the gauge to measure.

Over 600 mirabelle plums de-stoned and in the dehydrator - good reason to be short on time even with Nigel's help.

I had one shot at this little spider and it disappeared...

as you can see on the zinnia here!

Raspberries.

Bee on the clover....

and taking a drink.

Choisya ternata.

Calendula and I think a member of the bee family maybe.

Think this is simply a garden spider - on the rose bush.

Haricot Bean flowers.

Possibly an edible mushroom but I would need it checked first!!!!

Last but not least a rose bud.