15/05/2016 Out for a walk and managed to cut the lawn at home at last.

Maximum temperature 17C, minimum 4C.   30km/h NEwinds. Dry.

Buttercups everywhere.

Lots of daisies.

Plenty of these, still unknown to me at present.

Ferns and shade.

Glanville Fritillary Melitaea cinxia  (I think)

Pretty pleased with this shot from my Samsung point and shoot.

Gorse.

Wheat.

Poppies in the lupin field.

Afternoon siesta...

guess he has other ideas though!

Caterpillar on the tarmac road.  Dicing with death. 

Hay making.

27/04/2016 Out for a walk around the local farming area.

Maximum temperature 13C, minimum 0C.  29 km/h NE wind. Dry.

All photos taken with the little Samsung L201

This must be a very special tree to be allowed to stay standing in a large ploughed field.

Wheat.

Sheep

Barn Swallows (I think)

The local château.

Dam with a couple of horses on the far side.

Walking through the woods.

Possibly a frog hopper - not totally convinced! 

Think this is a pearl-bordered fritillary, but if anyone can confirm I will be grateful.  Wish I had been carrying the Nikon!

A herd of calves.

Man at work.

Lupins, such a pretty crop.

12/04/2016 A circular walk ending up at French scrabble.

Maximum temperature 17C, minimum 6C,  37 km/h SW winds.  4mm rain measured this morning.

Lupins as far as the eye can see...

A close up of the flower.

4 youngsters and an adult watching me.

Buttercups.

Our house is one of the distant roofs here.

Blossom on the left and another hamlet on the right.

Wild bluebells.

If you go down in the woods today....

More blossom.

Our local picnic spot.

French scrabble and belote.

Walking home I saw these tulips by the side of a wall.

23/03/2016 A few photos from the garden today and the remainder from Monday's walk.

Maximum temperature 15C, minimum 0C. 38 km/h cold wind. Dry.

Celandine with a bee-fly of Bombylius species.

Common Lizard, sure this is the same lizard as it is in the same place again.

Camellia.

The hyacinth is still looking good.

Flower of salad rocket plant also known as arugula.  Eruca sativa.

Buds of white bells, the blue bells are always later.

Saint-Vincent. This place is now a business, but 60 odd years ago it was an orphanage....

as above.  One of my followers lived here as a child which is how I know

A forlorn empty house at Saint-Vincent....

and a nearby pond.

Fields of lupins in the front and wheat beyond.

Cowslips at the roadside. 

22/02/2016 Managed to get out for a walk today.

Maximum temperature 16C, minimum 5C.  32 km/h W wind.  Light drizzle that did not register.

All photos taken with the little Samsung L201

Wild violets

Lupins.

A bubbling spring.

Manure waiting to be spread on the land.

Tractors.

Grapes.

Trout dam, privately owned.

Chewing the cud.

Dandelion and Green Bottle.

Still lots of water around.

 A peaceful road.

but beware and wear bright colours.  Hunting allowed and the season generally runs from  the end of August to the end of February.

A typical French farm.

Hay bales.

So French; a 2CV hidden away.

Lambs.