Maximum temperature today 14C, minimum 4C. 4 mm since the last post; 8 km/h North Westerly winds with up to 27 km/h gusts.
Total rain since 1 January now 474 mm.
Last nights moon, just managed to see it pop out from behind the clouds 😊
Onion flower plus fly.
Rosemary.
The bluebells are almost over.
The red robin has lots of flower on it.
Holly flowers, hopefully, red berries soon. Spot the fly!
The neighbour's snowball bush. Sadly something eat the roots of ours and it is no more!
The neighbour's lilac.
The back of the house was painted today. Nigel said he did not want me going up the ladder out here, so we had a young lady come in and paint it for us. Still lots of work though for us inside.
One of the longhorn beetles came to visit.
As above.
28.5 C here today. I think spring has passed us by and we have gone right into summer.
ReplyDeleteWow, the higest we will get this wek is 25C and then we have lots more rain !!! Cheers Diane
DeleteThe picture of the moon is wonderful. Of course I love lilacs. But the beetle is awesome. I never saw one of those before.
ReplyDeleteThanks Emma, the beetles are quite common here though not a lot so far this year!. Take care Diane
DeleteLots of tiny blooms in the early spring it seems. Good luck with the work!
ReplyDeleteIt is slow, the painting I mean. Lots of clouds and bad light makes it impossible. The garden is very wet so digging is not easy either!! Difficult year so far getting things ready! Vheers Diane
DeleteThose pale blue flowers, bowed so gracefully, seem as though they're about to twirl around the tree in some sort of floral dance.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful lilac and even better with your imagination -) Cheers Diane
DeleteGreat close-up shots!
ReplyDeleteThanks Pam, hope all is well Diane
DeleteLilacs are a childhood favorite.
ReplyDeleteI do not remeber them in Rhodeisa but I am sure they would grow there! Take care, hugs Diane
DeleteBeautiful photos, Diane. I love the longhorn beetle. He looks very short-sighted!
ReplyDeleteLOL, perhaps I should have got him/her some glasses. Take care Diane
DeleteThe flowers are beautiful! I have never seen this type of beetle!
ReplyDeleteWe have quite a few differnt longhorn beetles here, interesting characters :-) Take care Diane
DeleteI love the yearlong parade of flowers. My rosemary bloomed in February. When I bought my rosemary plant, I bought my brother one. The instructions cautioned against exposing the plant to cold. He put his in a planter and on a wagon that he pulled off his deck into his house each night. Needless to say, I have a huge bush in my yard. Seeing rosemary in France, it is more cold hardy than the instructions say.
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures.
Rosemary does well here. When it was small I used to cover in the winter, but for the past 3 to 4 years it just survives well. We did have one extraorinary chilly few days which hit it back a bit but it still survived. Keep well Diane
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