11/10/2017 Around the garden and a follow up on the local pallet factory

Maximum temperature 24C, minimum 11C.  14 km/h NW chilly winds, 30 km/h gusts. Dry.

 Speckled Wood

 As above pretending to be a leaf :-) 

Small Coppers (Lycaena phlaeas) - love is in the air despite it being autumn.

A one off shot of a bedraggled Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta).

Crane fly.

Mr Sparrow

As above

Mrs sparrow...

Hey is there room for me in there?

Peeking over the edge :-)

The new factory for the wooden pallets see the last post on this here ...

as above...

I am glad that the cladding is dark so hopefully when all is finished it will not look as bad as I expected!

Rose no 2 but it looks like it will be gone by tomorrow!!

P.S.  For those interested, Part 5 of our holiday in South Africa and Botswana is now on my other blog.

01/07/2017 Nigel takes a trip to town and I walked around the garden.

Maximum temperature 19C, minimum 9C.  19 km/h NW chilly winds, 25 km/h gusts. 8 mm rain measured this morning. 

Nigel said the market was very busy - tourist season!

The Canadian wood carvers are returning this year...

as above

the factory is growing...

see last entry 14 June.

Calendula and Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)...

As above.

Calendula and small unidentified bug....

Similar bug on a weed!

Bumble bee on the lavender.

Wasp on the origanum.

Californian poppy.

14/06/2017 A visit to Chasseneuil to get my hair cut.

Maximum temperature 29C, minimum 16C. 7 kmh NE wind.  3mm measured from last night.

Last time I showed you this new factory was 29 April Things seem to be moving slowly to me, but it is a huge area. Apologies for the light changes, I did not have my wide angle lens with me.

Lots of poppies by the sides of the roads.

I was early so I took a walk around the car park...

The archway is covered in various creepers...

Climbing rose,

Honeysuckle...

Wisteria and others.

On the other corner is one of the wooden carvings surrounded by many shrubs...

I recognised St John's-wort...

But this one I did not know.

The railway station on the other-side is not used as such anymore and it has been restored into flats.

  

Next to it is the local hotel...

and then this gateway.

Just beyond, there are some new shops, sadly the old second hand shop that was there closed down.

On the other-side of the car park is my hairdresser.

Wheat fields driving back home.

29/04/2017 A trip trip to the local market this morning and a few photos in the garden.

Maximum temperature 18C, minimum 1C. 14 kmh SE wind. Cloud and sun. Dry.

Our local Saturday morning market....

Fresh oysters on the right where I was heading.

Just out of town they are building a new factory, I hope it does not look too out of place...

Factory and storage for palettes.

Bee and look at that pollen sac...

as above on the Red robin.

Bumble bee on the sage.

Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Robber fly on the Red robin.

Common lizard trying to catch a bit of sun.

The peonies are opening.

Just for the record - the top patch is now covered with turf from the new veggie garden so we (Nigel!)can get to work on the garden,