25/02/2019 Trying to catch up..........

Maximum temperature today 20C, minimum 5C.  Dry;  🌞 

10km/h South-easterly winds with gusts up to 19 km/h. 

Sorry I have not left the planet but just been busy with other things.  Hard not to be outside in this weather.  It looks like it is set in for another few days then the rain arrives (which is not bad), and the temperature drops, but not so that it is freezing.

Out for a drive - the trees are still bare but this weather is bringing on buds, hope they do not all get killed off. There must be another frost this year...

Reflections driving by...

And looking across which may be winter wheat.  Note the wind turbines in the background 😒

 When we returned I went out for a walk but the lambs just captivated me and I took lots of photos...

Inquisitive...

At the milk bar...

Now, who is the king of the castle...

Oh, who cares let us play instead...

Run and jump...

Kick up my heels...

Wow that was fun 🐑

A little more subdued and these are a bit older...

Twins maybe?

Mistletoe.

Calves.

Dandelion.

Not sure what this is but it is pretty!

Wild violets.

Neighbours moving a log it seems.

and overhead,

I have updated my bird blog HERE.

03/06/2018 Trying to catch up

Maximum temperature today 24C, minimum 15C.    Rainfall 15 mm measured since my last post; 3 km/h South Easterly winds with up to 27 km/h gusts.

Total rainfall since 1st January; 572 mm and still raining!

There have been a lot of storms around and we have not had our computers and WiFi connected, therefore I  am even further behind with my blogs now.  Here are the last few photos taken from my walk the other day.

Wild Strawberries.  Very small but tasty.

Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

A secret lane through the forest  😉

Wheat as far as the eye can see.

Day Lilies.

Damselfly - a first for me. Beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) male.

As above.

A member of the bellflower family I think!

Bindweed.

Grapes.

Shaun the sheep 😊 Well the lamb wasn't but all the females are shorn.

Unknown.

Possibly a Black Kite but it was far away (Milvus migrans)

N.B. My bird blog is updated  HERE 

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

31/05/2018 Photos out walking

Maximum temperature today 19C, minimum 13C.    Rainfall 29 mm measured since my last post; 12 km/h South Westerly winds with up to 34 km/h gusts.

Total rainfall since 1st January; 557 mm and still raining!

I went for another walk today just before the heavens opened, but I have not had a chance to finish the photos from the last walk so here they are.  We both spent yesterday painting, I was working on the lounge walls and Nigel rubbing down and painting the front door.  Despite using English paint, (French is useless) it all looks like a second coat will be needed (sigh!).

Poppies (Papaver rhoeas)

As above

As above.

Fern.

Unknown, but I thought very pretty.

Also unknown, but unusual.

Gorse. (Fabaceae)

Foxglove, or it seems also called Lady's Glove. (Digitalis purpurea)

  

There were two fairly large birds sitting in this tree, once I got close enough to take a photo all I got a view of was the nest!!!  I will try again! 

There were two planes playing in the sky above me as I was walking, the other one was a bit higher and not a good photo.

Meanwhile back home this morning after the walk.

N.B. My bird blog is updated  HERE 

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

06/11/2017 A few of the flowers and plants I have seen here on Nevis, many of which I cannot identify!

Bougainvillea - red and white on the same plant.

Flame Lily - the national flower of Zimbabwe and was also of Rhodesia.

A Bismark palm.

One of the strelitzia species....

As above.

Unknown.

Unknown.

Unknown.

Unknown.

One of the species of Spider lily.

Known locally as the Monkey no climb tree because of its thorns.

(Hura crepitans), the sandbox tree, also known as possumwood and jabillo.


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