The maximum temperature here today 23⁰C, minimum 14⁰C. Lots more rain over the past week - we have had over 700mm to date this year; last year at the same time we had only 500mm. Wind 11km/h Westerly winds with gusts up to 27 km/h.
Today is the first time we have seen the sun since I last posted a blog, very few photos have been taken. The garden is waterlogged and the vegetables are not looking happy, well most of them are not, though the courgettes seem to be doing better than the rest. Blight is a problem with potatoes and tomatoes.
Hummingbird Hawk Moth (Macroglossum stellatarum).
Hydrangea, Love in a Mist, Calendula,
European umbrella milkwort plus bee with large pollen sacs, Poppy, Rose.
The Passenger Moth (Dysgonia algira).
It was in a dark corner of the house on one of my cutting boards. I tried moving the board after this shot to a lighter place. It flew off never to be seen again!
A drive-by shot the other day of the sky taken on the phone.
A friend commented that it looked like a steam train behind the clouds, sadly no, it really is a cloud.
I cannot pronounce this little fellow's name but you are welcome to try - (Deraeocoris ruber).
It was wandering around on my courgette plants.
Poppy, Love in a Mist, Cosmos (+ Tawny Longhorn Beetle [Paracorymbia fulva]), Potato flower,
Courgette, Sempervivum tectorum, Clematis, Fungi.
Love in a Mist (Nigella damascena) and wasp.
Two for the price of one.......
Longhorn beetle (Stictoleptura cordigera) and hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta).
Bush Cricket nymph....Munching away on the poppies!
Bumble bee (Bombus lucorum) I think!
As above
We have had a French stone mason here over a few days. The wall in the big barn had a crack, not serious but if not treated might well have become a problem. He and his mate have done a fantastic job and the finished job looks very good.
They did an amazing job of cleaning up, the barn is probably cleaner now than it has been for ages!
Take care everybody, keep well and stay safe.
My local list of wildflowers. (91 Species 20/06/2021).
See also my
