26/03/2020 Playing with frames again.

Maximum temperature here today 12C, minimum 0C. Dry.  Frost this morning, ice on the birdbath.   16km/h North-easterly icy cold wind with gusts up to 39 km/h.  

Think this might be Hawksbeard but not sure which one.

Seen out walking and unknown.

Daffodil.

Grape Hyacinth Blue (Muscari armeniacum). Plus a weed!

Cowslip (Primula veris).

Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).

Bay tree (Laurus nobilis).

Cherry tree blossom.

Poppies, and yes the bulbs came from Amsterdam.

Mirabelle plum blossom, also known as mirabelle prune or cherry plum (Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca) plus a bee.

More poppies.

Mirabelle plum blossom and bee.

The kale in the veggie garden going to seed.

An orange poppy, bulbs also from Amsterdam.

Viola.

Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis Muralis).

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05/03/2020 Playing with frames.....

Maximum temperature in the Charente today 12C, minimum 6C. Rain all day not measured as yet.  I am guessing that we are now over 200 mm this year.  36km/h North-westerly wind with gusts up to 86 km/h.  

Because the weather is so bad I have been trying to take a few photos of flowers that are not too beaten up and I have been playing with frames for them.  Something different!!

Cowslips (Primula veris).

I think this is wild Sea Mayweed (Tripleurospermum maritimum).

Gorse (Ulex europaeus).

House orchid (Cymbidium).

Wild buttercup (Ranunculaceae).

Snowdrop (Galanthus nivali).

Unknown blossom in the neighbour's orchard.

Wild Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea).

Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus).

Japanese quince ( Chaenomeles japonica).

Hyacinth (Hyacinthus).

Camellia.

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