Wednesday, April 4, 2018

05/04/2018 Photos from the last few days. I am not keeping up very well!!!

Maximum temperature today 16C, minimum 9C.   6 mm of rain measured over the last two mornings; 20 km/h South Westerly winds with up to 53 km/h gusts. 
Rain again today and very windy out.
Total rainfall so far this year now 412 mm.

Lawn daisy in the garden yesterday, with what I think is a fly of some kind.  I am hoping that someone can identify it for me 😊
My possible identification is Hilara maura a species of dance fly but....

Tulips.

The road en route to scrabble yesterday.  The sides of the road are full of cowslips and dandelions.

Cowslips.

Scrabble at St Adjutory.

Hawthorn in blossom.

Most of the people are playing the French card game belote....

we are playing scrabble as usual.

Yesterday's yellow tulip.

The kalanchoe today.

The yellow tulip today...

as above.


N.B. My new bird blog is HERE 
Part 3 of the birds I saw last year in Africa.


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    1. Thanks Marie, it was really spring like yesterday an again today :-)

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  2. I love your tulip photos, the sharpness is fantastic!
    Sorry, I won't be the "someone" who will ID your fly! LOL!
    Not into macro much into anymore ;-)
    I hope you are at last enjoying some sun!
    Warm hugs

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    1. The sun is fabulous I had almost forgotten what it was like!!
      Take care, hugs Diane

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  3. Love that first shot! NICE...and I am loving your tulips. Our tulips have just started blooming around here.

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    1. Thanks Pam wish I knew what the bug was! Take care Diane

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  4. I love the beautiful flowers and I love to play Scrabble too.

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  5. The road looks so narrow but quiet. There never seems to be many people around in your photos. Is it a quiet country village or do you just avoid people. Scrabble in French must be hard.

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    1. The country roads are very narrow and not over busy generally. Very quiet between 12am and 2pm the French enjoy their lunch break! French is hard full stop!! If only I had a better memory!!!!!! T'other Diane

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  6. It's so cool to see the Scrabble words in French!

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    1. I have never played in English!! Have a good day Diane

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  7. Excellent photos! That insect looks like it might sting!

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    1. Thanks very much. I really do not know and I still have no identification! Thanks for the comment and the visit Diane

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  8. Beautiful Spring blossom and the weather is definitely warming up. It is still summer hot in Durban.

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    1. It really is quite pleasnat at the moment here but I am sure we will have another cold spell yet! Diane

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  9. That is one weird looking bug in the first pic. As always, your flowers are beautiful and captured marvelously.

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    1. The closest I can find to that fly is Hilara maura a species of dance fly but I am not cetain! Takr care Diane

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