05/11/2020 The final photos of October.

  Maximum temperature here today 14⁰C, minimum 3⁰C.  Dry today, but we had 183 mm in October!  So far this year our total is 880 mm, while last year, we only had 782 mm for the whole year   19km/h South-westerly winds with gusts up to 41 km/h.  

Raindrops on the Californian poppies which are still trying to flower.

Possibly a Sloe bug (Dolycoris baccarum).

Bumblebee...

As above.

Hoverfly (Eupeodes luniger).

Slug!  Not sure which one.

Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax)...

As above.

Bush Cricket but which one?

Rosemary Beetles (Chrysolina Americana).

Fungi - Red Hygrocybe Species (I think).

More fungi - Grey Mycena Aetites (again I think).

Wall Lizard just checking on the weather. (Podarcis Muralis).

Cuckoo bee (Epeolus fallax).

Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)...

As above...

as above and my favourite shot of the month.

The same shot as above but a little closer.

My local list of wildflowers. (90 Species 23/08/2020).

See also my

 Bird blog

Joining up with My Corner of the World.

Photo competition running until 31 December - colourful photos.

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Let us all join in great fun.

12/08/2019 A few more photos from the garden before our visitors arrive.

Maximum temperature today 21C, minimum 12C.  10 mm of very welcome rain measured this morning.  19km/h North-westerly winds with gusts up to 44 km/h. 

Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus).

Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis Muralis).

Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria).

I think this is one of the Potter wasps (or mason wasps), (Eumeninae).

A hopper unidentified in the bathroom!!! Probably a cricket but the long antennae are almost invisible. Maybe a mole cricket?

Jersey Tiger Moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria). Taken from outside of the window....

and from the inside.

A bumble bee on the lavender.

Our first sunflower of the year in the garden...

With a bee and another insect, possibly a different kind of bee (?) that kept trying to bomb the first one.

Flowers from the sweetcorn plants...

and the first view of tassels on the cobs forming.  Yum yum.

A rose after the rain.

Multiple sunflowers.

And my favourite shot of the week the moon with the leaves of the cherry tree in the foreground.  Think this is my best shot ever of the moon.

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and My life In the Charente

02/11/2013 Rain, rain and more rain!! A brief dry spell this morning let me take a couple of photos.

Maximum temperature 18C, 13mm of rain measured this morning but lots more since.

19/10/13 Vaccine update this morning, beat the rain to it and mowed the lawn, more quince jelly!

Maximum 24C, rain midday but only 1mm.

08/10/2013 Had a break from the kitchen this morning and took a few photos, we played French scrabble this afternoon.

Maximum 18C but felt colder.  Misty and damp.