Maximum temperature today 27C, minimum 12C. Dry; 13 km/h North-easterly winds with up to 35 km/h gusts.
We seem to be constantly on the go and I am taking photos when I can. This week there is something on every day, and nothing which is going to be photogenic, but I will see what I can find at home when I have the chance. At the weekend we are taking a break for a week and I will be out of contact, no computer and no WiFi, but I hope to bring back some good photos if the weather holds.
Splish, splash, splosh Sparrows having fun. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Peek-a-boo, common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis).
Bumblebee heading straight for me...
and enjoying the lavender.
A not very cooperative red admiral butterfly, (Vanessa atalanta).
and another one that was camera shy, Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria).
Cosmos and what might be a small bee of some kind.
The first Sternbergia lutea, the winter daffodil, autumn daffodil, autumn crocus (it seems to have many names) - not a good sign so early in the year!!
Trying so hard to keep up with the figs.......
Green bell peppers.
Asiatic hornet (Vespa velutina), a nasty piece of work....
As above.
Nasturtiums.
Sweet potatoes are looking healthy with lots of watering; spring onions bottom right...
winter broccoli on the left, carrots centre and haricot beans on the right, potatoes at the back.
I hopefully saved a little sparrow today that was being chased by something and it hit the window 3 times. I went out and picked it up and brought it in to stay warm in my hands for a short while. We were going out soon after, so I gently put it in a tea towel to protect it, but so it was able to get out which I then put into a small container. When we came home it had apparently flown the nest so I hope all is well. I tried to take a photo with the phone, but realised holding a bird in one hand and trying to take a photo with the other did not work very well!!
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