06/08/2019 Just around the garden.

Maximum temperature today 27C, minimum 14C.  Dry.  11km/h South-westerly winds with gusts up to 30 km/h. 

Sorry posts are getting further apart, I seem to be so busy with the garden and other things,  visitors on Thursday and then friends arriving from the USA for just over two weeks and we will be sightseeing.  Will post when I can.

Crab spider in waiting....

This small insect walked right over the top of the spider without it moving, obviously not tasty...

Then along came a fly and supper was served...

As above.

Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)...

As above...

and yet another one.

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)...

As above.

Bumblebee on the agapanthus...

and on the lavender.

Small white (Pieris rapae).

Bee on a pumpkin flower...

As above - plus a little insect...

and a little closer, see there is another bee right at the bottom.

Not many roses this year but this one has a fabulous perfume.

Hibiscus.

Sunflower in bud.

Remember I said I had an unknown plant, I now know it is a self-planted melon.

Tomates.

Yellow courgettes.

The almost new moon taken 4 August.

See also my Bird blog 

and My life In the Charente

21/08/2016 Busy, busy, busy!

Maximum temperature 25C, minimum 10C.  21 km/h SE  wind. Dry.

The repas (dinner) celebrating after the ploughing!  We arrived home in the early hours of this morning! 

The starter.

Woke up late and spent most of the day in the kitchen.  More ratatouille for winter...

and courgette ice cream while summer lasts.

Another 20 or so courgettes still waiting for cooking and more on the plant!!

29/07/2015 A visit to Piégut-Pluviers market in the Dordogne.

Maximum temperature, 22C, minimum 13C.   27 km.h N wind.   9mm of rain over night and early this morning, the garden is smiling again :-)