21/10/2018 Trying to catch up but it will be slow!!!!

Maximum temperature today 21C, minimum 9C.  Dry; 16km/h North-easterly winds with up to 36 km/h gusts.  It gets much colder tomorrow!!!!

I have the computer back with a new hard drive, but I am still trying to load programmes and get myself back to (sort of) where I was before the last hard drive crashed out totally leaving me with nothing.  I have lost all the early October photos which I had not backed up!  Also, all the photos of our holiday last month that I had edited are gone, but I have the originals so I will have to start all over again (sigh).  I will get back to comments I hope in a few days!

Cattle at the special farmers market yesterday in Chasseneuil...

Horses and donkeys...

a young foal...

Horse at work...

taking children (and some adults) for a ride....

Many different tractors and odd bits around...

as above...

also equipment...

An apple farmer, I think they were also sampling apple juice.

Back home the lizards have not hibernated yet...

Sparrows taking a bath...

Watch out I am taking a dive.

Female house sparrow (Passer domesticus).

Choisya ternata.

Bees on the cosmos...

also hoverflies.

Pampas and cosmos flowers.

Holly.

Kalanchoe

Climbing rose.

01/11/2018 Another new month!

Maximum temperature today 17C, minimum 9C.  Dry; 20km/h North-easterly chilly winds with up to 44 km/h gusts. 

I am really not keeping up with blogging at present, I seem to be busy, and I am also not sleeping well which make me very ratty and miserable!!!  

We had the chimney cleaned this past week...

Always such a happy man.  Sadly he is now retired, but he has said he will help us out while the body is still willing ...

It is at the highest part of our house.

Great tits are returning to the garden for winter, they know there is usually food waiting for them...

as above. (Parus major).

Mrs House sparrow cooling down. (Passer domesticus).

The garden supply is dwindling but still more than enough for the two of us....

As above.

Out to lunch last Thursday - what a cheese board 😊

My bird blog

has been updated HERE

23/09/2018 Photos mainly from the garden.

Maximum temperature today 24C, minimum 13C.  Raining lightly as I type this, the garden will be happy; 23km/h North-easterly winds with up to 51 km/h gusts. 

I am slowly getting through the holiday photos!

House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) having fun.

Bumblebee on the lavender.

As above.

Cosmos and bee.

Autumn daffodil/crocus (Sternbergia lutea) and bee.

As above

Comos and Carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea).

Small copper butterfly (Lycaena phlaeas).

As above.

Pampas with a few tall cosmos in front.

Last nights sunset....

and later the moon that has not quite reached full moon. (Camera handheld).

Busy in the kitchen, biscuits and apple and quince tart.

My bird blog

has been updated HERE

17/09/2018 We are back........

Maximum temperature today 31C, minimum 12C.  Dry; 15km/h South-westerly warm winds with up to 36 km/h gusts. 

Just to let you know that we are back and I will visit you all as soon as I can.  Over 800 photos to go through, I will never learn!!  These are a few I took at home today before I start on the marathon!

Thank you for all the kind comments on the last post, as always appreciated.

And down came a spider and sat down beside her...

Cosmos.

Autumn daffodil/crocus (Sternbergia lutea) with bee.

As above minus bee!...

They are all over and so beautiful.

White cosmos.

Californian poppies.

Lonely little petunia.........

Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album).

The return of the Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus). A sure sign that Autumn is/has arrived we never see them in summer here.

Rub a dub dub, 6 men in a tub - House sparrow (Passer domesticus).

The common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) on the sedum.

As above.

My bird blog

has been updated HERE