27/05/2018 Taking a walk down the road.

Maximum temperature today 25C, minimum 14C.    Rainfall 20 mm measured this morning; 

10 km/h South Westerly winds with up to 26 km/h gusts.

Total since 1st January; 528 mm and another storm expected this evening.

Still busy with the painting, things have slowed up a bit as it has been very cloudy and difficult to see properly as the house is quite dark.  The garden must be happy though with last nights rainfall 😊.

Buttercups; (Ranunculus) and poisonous to humans.

Calves...

with Mum.

Clover and fern.

Cow parsley; (Anthriscus sylvestris)

Daisies; possibly Oxeye...

Daisy with Trichodes alvearius....

Three for the price of one, not sure what they all are.

Daisy; possibly Ragwort.

Dog roses; (Rosa canina)

Elderberry flower. (Sambucas). The berries traditionally have been used to make elderberry wine, syrup, as well as pies and jellies,

I have put this old farm equipment on before but a long time ago...

as above...

As above.

Back home the first daylily this year and

a female blackbird; (Turdus merula).

N.B. My bird blog is updated  HERE 

Part 10 of the birds I saw last year in Africa.

24/08/2017 A follow on from yesterday........... The third place we visited Montrol-Sénard

Maximum temperature 31C, minimum 16C.   5 km/h SE wind with 15 km/h gusts.  Dry.

Montrol-Sénard - Eglise Saint-Julien-de-Brioude.  It is dedicated to a Roman soldier martyred at the beginning of the 4th century. The bell-porch built at the end of the 11th century is the oldest part of the church

The altar. 

Stained glass windows throughout.

The stone font.

Just across the road is the old school house...

Inside is as it was -other visitors also taking a look.

The town is quite a museum - old farm equipment....

as above...

and the old mangers where the animals were fed.  Plus more farm equipment.

There were many photos with write ups,  but far too many to read in our short visit, plus the difficulty of them being in French!   Here though is the sign to Grandmother's garden...

and it was a delight to find a fabulous herb garden

The old  lavoir (currently being renovated) where all the women met to do the daily/weekly (!) washing.  I hope the water was a bit cleaner in those days!

The communal village bread oven where everyone came to bake their bread.

One resident had a miniature house in the garden amongst the flowers.

I wonder what year this bike was abandoned - rusty and a shredded front tyre :-)

Last but certainly not least, Nigel does not like having his photo taken, but I convinced him he would look good in this perfect frame.

N.B. Please note that I may just miss a post tomorrow as we have visitors.