09/11/2017 Very chilly and photos not easily come by.

Maximum temperature 10C, minimum 6C.  7km/h NE winds, 26km/h gusts. 10 mm rain measured in the last two days.

Sorry yesterday got lost in a flurry of things.  The overlocker  decided to keep breaking thread and re-threading it is a pain, I must have done it a dozen times at least before I got the tension correct again....

Finally got there and made this warm top for myself!  Then I had computer problems so......

Autumn leaves.

Choisya ternata.

A little lavender still around but the frost finished off the zinnias.

Climbing rose still hanging in there.... 

as is this marigold.

Great tit.

Blue tit braving the cold water

and the return of the robin.  The only time we ever see him is in winter.

Rosemary beetle.

Raindrops.

For those following the South African holiday Part 8 is now on the web HERE

04/11/2017 A walk in the garden seeing what is still there before tomorrow's chilly temperatures arrive!

Maximum temperature 16C, minimum 10C.  6km/h NW winds, 24km/h gusts. Dry

Bergenia Cordifolia, 

Bumblebee on the lavender which I have never seen flowering so late in the year!

As above.

Catkins still on the hazel nut tree, note the fluff from the pampas.

Coriander flower.

Cotoneaster berries.

Lawn daisy plus fly...

As above but note the little bug as well!

Marigolds.

Climbing rose.

Viburnum - I have never noticed the perfume from this before but it was remarkably strong today.

Viola.

Zinnia with traces of the pampas as well.

Sparrow love at first sight.

Fish pie before going in the oven.  Sorry I wanted to finish the blog before dinner!!

Fish Pie recipe here it is delicious.

20/10/2017 Overcast and no bugs around! The garden seems to have got confused with the weather though.

Maximum temperature 20C, minimum 14C.  14 km/h Southerly winds, 28 km/h gusts. 1 mm of rain measured over night.

Choisya ternata, think this is the third time this has flowered this year!

Zinnia.

The Azalea is in bud...

and so is the camellia.

Marigolds in flower...

and a petunia.

I think this is a hoverfly, the only bug I saw today on the flowering fennel.

Eurasian Collared-Doves (Streptopelia decaocto)

Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)

All the pumpkins have been harvested, but the plants which are still there are flowering again!!

Common speedwell flowering in the lawn!

I was too late for the sunset it vanished as I took this photo.

For those following our South African holiday, Part 6 is now online HERE

04/10/2017 A busy day and a few emergency photos.

Maximum temperature 21C,  minimum 8C.  10 km/h SE wind with 19 km/h gusts. Dry :-)

Day four, and even the heavy dew had gone when I took this photo.  A few brown spots but still beautiful.

One of the climbing roses.

I was stuck here for about 10 mins coming home this afternoon after my haircut.  About a 2 minute walk from home so little point in backing way down the road to find another route.

It seems they are putting in some new concrete electrical posts.

A crop planted just down the road from us which I have not been able to identify!

For those that asked if the Gendarme beetle was a ladybird you can see the difference here.

Ladybird (Coccinellidae) above....

and Le Gendarme beetle (Pyrrhocoris apterus).

Marigold

and a fly on one of the green tomatoes.

Time we had some fried green tomatoes - yum yum.

14/08/2016 Busy painting, and Nigel out for a cycle ride.

Maximum temperature 34C, minimum 16C.  16 km/h SE  wind. Dry.

St Sornin Church, Saint-Saturnin, seen from the back.

St Sornin village.

Marigolds growing by the side of a building - see above.

View from Bois de Peyrou near Fontechevade...

As above looking North

The spare room is starting to look like our 'sunshine room' again.  Still waiting for new skirtings and it will need another coat of paint.