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Saturday, March 9, 2019

09/03/2019 Only flowers today - it seems too cold for the insects again

Maximum temperature today 14C, minimum 7C. 4mm rain measured this morning; as I type this we are having a mixture of more rain on and off. 20km/h North-westerly winds with gusts up to 45 km/h.

So far this year we have had 85 mm, compared to 320 mm last year, and 158 mm in 2017. We may though have messed up January as we were not here, and we took the reading of what was in the rain gauge on our return which was only 16mm.

The only surviving plant from our trip to Amsterdam in 2015. I have just repotted it so I hope I have not killed it off now! Our roofing guy says it looks like 'un lapin' 😉 (a rabbit).

Bergenia cordifolia.

Camellia.

Daffodils.

Hyacinth.

Rosemary.

Viburnum.

Japanese quince.

Crocus.

Bellis perennis

See also my Bird blog

and My life In the Charente

Saturday, February 17, 2018

17/02/2018 A walk around the garden and a few inside photos.

Maximum temperature today 12C, minimum 4C. 12 mm of rain measured last night. North Easterly winds; 6 km/h with up to 16 km/h gusts.

Snow drops.

Orchid.

Kalanchoe.

Prickly cactus!

Hellebore.

Common Black bird (Turdus merula)

Eurasian Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).

Bergenia Cordifolia.

Rain drop.

The crocuses are struggling with the weather this year!

One lone pansy.

House sparrow, male (Passer domesticus).

You can see how saturated our lawn is here!!!

If you should be interested after an 18 month break from my blog 'My Life Before the Charente' I have at last added a new post 😊

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

07/03/2017 It has pretty much drizzled all day today so a couple of indoor shots, plus a few more from our holiday.

Maximum temperature 11C, minimum 4C. 51km/h NW wind. 2 mm of rain measured this morning.

Small cactus.

Flowers on the kalanchoe.

04/02/17 Wildebeest and young - Botswana.

18/02/17 Buffalo - KwaZulu-Natal....

and another one on the same day cooling off in a mud pool...

and this White Rhino with the same idea!

19/02/17 A bushbaby takes a look at what we are up to at our camp in the evening - KwaZulu-Natal

23/02/17 Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) - KwaZulu-Natal

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

28/07/2015 Not much around today for photos but a few from the garden.

Maximum 22C, minimum 11C. 21 km/h SW wind. Dry.

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

14/07/2014 Happy Bastille Day. Off later to see the celebrations, if my photos are any good will add them tomorrow.

Maximum 28C, minimum 11C. 14 km/h NW wind. At least two drops of rain!!!

It was dry before it hit the ground.

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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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