The maximum temperature here today is 26⁰C, minimum 12⁰C. North-West winds of 20 km/h with gusts up to 44 km/h.
White Admiral (Limenitis reducta)...
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Bumble Bee - (Bombus terrestris or lucorum)!!!
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European paper wasp (Polistes dominula).
One of the Carder bees!
Gatekeeper or hedge brown (Pyronia tithonus)...
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Southern Green Stink bug (Nezara viridula). Nymph.
I think this might be one of the cuckoo bees but......
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Jersey Tiger Moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria).
Weavers Fritillary (Boloria dia)...
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Colorado potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) larva.
Stargazer' lily (Lilium orientalis 'Stargazer') spot the bee!!
Love in a Mist (Nigella damascene).
Bombylius species on a Californian Poppy.
Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum).
Rose of Sharon Hibiscus.
Bumble Bee - (Bombus terrestris or lucorum)!!!
Cyclamen.
Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta).
Eurasian Red Squirrel (Rudbeckia hirta).
A rare visitor to our garden, but he seems to have discovered our hazelnuts. Not a great photo, he was at the bottom of the garden and I was behind the window in the house.
We have just repainted all our shutters Nigel did the green paint while I painted the black hinges and furniture.
Mirabelle plums in the dehydrator.
Each shelf holds 78 plums, so eight shelves = 576 plums all de-stoned. This is the second batch and there are still many more on the trees. We are busy!!
Beautiful color combinations!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Sandi for the visit. I hope all is well, cheers Diane
DeleteThose are some stunning macro shots!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Angie, comment is much appreciated. Keep well, Diane
DeleteYour pictures always show such a wide representation of insect diversity, Diane, and the pictures capture the very essence of your subjects. I always look forward to them. Surely there must be readers who have changed their attitudes towards “bugs”, now viewing them for the exquisite creatures that they are, based on your blog. Gros bisous ma chère ami. Bonne journée. David
ReplyDeleteMerci beaucoup David, your comments are very welcome and appreciated. I have certainly changed my attitude towards insects since I got a camera in my hand, and even more so since moving to France. Well moving to France was when I made my first blog, since then my life has changed!!! More bugs and birds, and so many more friends many of which I have managed to meet. Bisous Diane
DeleteI never cease to be amazed at the wonderous flora and produce from your garden, Diane, and the wildlife that inhabits or visits it. The real icing on the cake is your skilled use of the camera in presenting them to us in such an artisitic fashion.
ReplyDeleteAs for your food preserving activities, I am utterly astounded! So many plums being processed, I start wondering if that fruit constitutes a major part of your daily diet?!
I hope that you are both well, and enjoying life. Things are moving along nicely now at this end.
My best wishes to you both - - - Richard
Wow Richard you could not have said anything more to cheer my week, thank you
DeleteWe have had high winds over the last few days and the plums are now all over the floor, as I type this there are 3 huge bowls in the kitchen waiting to be destoned!! I make our own breakfast cereal and I chop the dried plums up and put into it. Last year because of a late frost I did not manage any, but I had enough from the year before to see us through. If there are none next year I will probably have enough from this year!!!!!
All is well here and I am glad that all is moving along well there. When does Lindsay have another trip to hospital? Take care and very best wishes from us both, Diane
Bonsoir Diane.
ReplyDeleteTes lavandes sont un bien fait pour la nature ! Le Sylvain azuré est magnifique. C'est une très belle série.
Nous avons eu de la pluie cette nuit 9mm. Ça devrait tomber encore demain.
Bisous ma voisine.
Salut Nathalie. La lavande a été merveilleuse mais malheureusement c'est presque fini maintenant. Nous avons eu un peu de pluie seulement mais des vents très forts.
DeleteJ'espère que tout va bien. Bisous Diane
Once again you astound me with the clarity of your insect shots. I'll bet the garden is keeping you busy.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Gaelyn, as I have said before the skill is the camera I only point it in the right direction and press the button. I hope all is well, hugs from us both. Diane
DeleteHi Diane - I can believe you're busy ... that dehydrator looks good ... amazing number of plums - but seeing them at my brother's I can believe you've got loads of them! And I know you've loads of other goodies in the garden ... hard work, but so rewarding. Your photos are amazing - and I always love your selections ... at the moment anything out there is being washed away - it's tipping it down! Still perhaps I'm happy with that, rather than hot heat ... cheers - the repainted parts look very good - another job done: well done! Cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteThanks Hilary, somebody the other day asked me what I do with myself all day........... I wish there were a few more hours in the day. We have had some rain, mostly just drizzle, but we have had very strong winds I see today they were p to 60 kms per hour!! Take care and keep well, Diane
DeleteYour garden is the heaven on earth with all those beautiful animals and flowers. Great shots!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the kind comment. Much appreciated. Keep well and keep running, Diane
DeleteGoodness, you've outdone yourself again Diane. These are amazing! Leaving in awe! :) All the best!
ReplyDeleteThanks Denise for the very kind comment, appreciated. Cheers Diane
DeleteThank you for helping me with the plural Diane. But somehow my mind is telling me that neither of those plurals looks correct even though I know they are. Let's hope I see only singles from now on. I had to Google why anyone would dehydrate a plum and of course I found the answer and then realised I know them as prunes? is that correct? I just love them even though they come with a reputation as an expensive laxative. We don't see White Admirals at all up here although I have seen them in Greece but not very well because they seemed to be very prone to flying away, unlike those cracking photos of yours. What a lovely old house you have; it looks exactly like the ones that the Brits buy on our "Life in the Sun" TV programmes.
ReplyDeleteHi Phil, Mirabelles are small plums and yes I guess they are prunes as such. I make our own breakfast cereal so instead of using bought dried fruit, I use our own dehydrated cherries, plums and figs, neither of us seem to be affected by either the figs or the plums!!
DeleteI was delighted to see the White Admiral, I have seen one before but they are not that common around here. We love our house but there has been a huge amount of restoration. I lived here all the summers after we bought it while Nigel kept working, so much of the work I did over that period. Now it is constant work keeping it that way,
Take care and keep ringing. Have a good weekend Diane