05/03/2020 Playing with frames.....

Maximum temperature in the Charente today 12C, minimum 6C. Rain all day not measured as yet.  I am guessing that we are now over 200 mm this year.  36km/h North-westerly wind with gusts up to 86 km/h.  

Because the weather is so bad I have been trying to take a few photos of flowers that are not too beaten up and I have been playing with frames for them.  Something different!!

Cowslips (Primula veris).

I think this is wild Sea Mayweed (Tripleurospermum maritimum).

Gorse (Ulex europaeus).

House orchid (Cymbidium).

Wild buttercup (Ranunculaceae).

Snowdrop (Galanthus nivali).

Unknown blossom in the neighbour's orchard.

Wild Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea).

Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus).

Japanese quince ( Chaenomeles japonica).

Hyacinth (Hyacinthus).

Camellia.

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04/12/2017 A few photos from yesterday -still on Nevis.

 Super moon as seen from Nevis between rain storms!

Double colour bougainvillea on the same plant.

Lunch at the Double Deuce Beach Bar...

Roast Beef and Yorkshire pudding, delicious...

They even had a South Africa flag flying 😉

The restaurant cat. 

Back at the house egret in the garden.

This looks like a Small White to me at the Four seasons Hotel Grounds.

Gecko in the garden.

A Monkey no climb Tree - (Hura crepitans)

I think this is an Ixora Red Spike Flower.

Loving having your comments but I will only get back to replying when we get home 😊

19/04/2017 Chilly outside and very windy, so here are the second lot of photos from Monday's walk.

Maximum temperature 13C, minimum -2C. 30 kmh NE wind with 40 kmh gusts.  Not very pleasant out despite the blue sky. Dry.

Cheeky little chap he was on a charge snorting along the way, lucky for me there was a fence between us :-)

Shame it has turned cold and they have been shorn!

I think this is a viburnum.

View across Vitrac valley.

The bridge over the road...

the Mairie and war memorial with pots of flowers...

outside the church...

in pots by the road...

and the local well.

Another view over the valley, the church being the highest building.

White lilac.

Wisteria.

08/11/2016 A quick trip into town for compost and our feathered friends at home

Maximum temperature 11C, minimum 0C.  34 km/h SW wind. Dry but lots of rain forecast for the coming week.

Three large buildings are apparently going up here for the manufacture of wooden pallets.  Great spot, right by the side of the highway and the on and off ramps. Chasseneuil sur Bonnieure.

Winter flowers for sale.

We always find some sort of road obstruction!

Robin on the window sill, it does not often come this close...

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Great Tit watching the sky from the window sill...

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and the Blue Tit also is around keeping an eye out...

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07/05/2016 Chasseneuil has a fête.

Maximum temperature 21C, minimum 10C.  57 km/hr SE winds.  Rain forecast.

Why did the pheasant cross the road?

Unexpected and wrong lens, but at least a record of seeing it en route!

We were a bit too early and many of the stalls had not been set up yet.

The main street was closed and all the florists were competing!

Loved these daisies.

The Saturday morning market.

Hanging baskets.

Impatiens.

Flowers for sale outside the church.

The Mairie has just planted their spring garden.

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Jewellery made from vegetable ivory.

( Material obtained from the endosperm of the ivory nut).

Mobile pizza oven.

Anyone for a mattress.

Lawn mowers.

The fun fair will be open this evening.

Back home - Snowball bush, viburnum opulus.