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Sunday, July 7, 2019

07/07/2019 More bugs from our last holiday

Maximum temperature today 30C, minimum 17C. Dry. 10km/h North-easterly winds with gusts up to 25 km/h.

Still many unknowns, ID is not easy !!!

Fritillary Butterfly but not sure which one....

As above...

As above.

Beetle, possibly one of the longhorns.

Unknown.

White tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris / lucorum).

Provençal fritillary (Melitaea deione)...

As above...

Pearly heath (Coenonympha arcania)...

As above.

Provençal fritillary (Melitaea deione)...

As above...

One of the Fritillaries, not sure which, on a buttercup.

Damselfly...

As above.

Moth, I think one of the Geometer moths...

As above...

As above.

Shield bug (Graphosoma italicum).

Monday, May 27, 2019

We are back home.

Just a note to let you all know we are back home. Not only have I masses of photos to go through, (a lot of interesting insects that need ID, very few birds and some interesting towns) but the grass and weeds are knee deep and too wet to cut, and the vegetable garden needs hours of work. I will get back to blogging and visiting as soon as I can get all sorted out here at home.

Just a small taste of what I took and which I have managed to hopefully ID correctly.

Provencal Fritillary (Melitaea deione).

As above.

Hope you are all well, Diane

Shadows Along the Zambezi by Diana M. Hawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I so enjoyed this book and towards the end I could not put it down only finishing at 2am! Having lived most of my early life in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, so many places had a lot of meaning to me. Diana’s knowledge of every detail in this book is incredible.
Sadly, so much of this story is fact and very true. It made me cry and at times it made me smile. I hope that it might awaken the world as to what is going on in many African countries, and instead of so many people burying their heads in the sand, perhaps they might stand up and do something. Smuggling and hunting are very soon going to leave the world a very sad place when there are no animals left.
Now I am off to read Shadows over an African Heart.

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Shadows Over an African Heart: a novel by Diana M. Hawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Shadows over an African Heart is the perfect name for this book. The shadows are even bigger than I ever dreamt, and this book is a real eye-opener to the truth of what is going on. I was in tears in many places in this book. The fictional side story I so enjoyed, but the true and very sad story of the elephants and other animals; the Zimbabwe government has so much to answer for.
The world needs to read both of Diana’s books and action needs to be taken before the children of today never see wildlife as we have had the joy to grow up with around us.
There are many African words in the story which to me were great to be reminded of, but many are explained as you read and there is a good glossary of the words in the back of the book.

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Sunday, July 7, 2019

07/07/2019 More bugs from our last holiday

Monday, May 27, 2019

We are back home.

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