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Saturday, January 1, 2022

01/01/2022 Happy New Year

The maximum temperature here today is 15C, minimum 9⁰C. Blue skies but with quite a lot of clouds. Wind 16km/h South-Easterly winds with gusts up to 30 km/h. Dry at present but rain is forecast from tomorrow for the rest of the week. Thursday morning we measured 46mm overnight!

Some more recent photos, eventually I will get back to all the photos that I have not had time to edit from last year!!

Watching France see the New Year in on TV at Chantilly last night.

A bit of Christmas cheer amongst the potplants.

Friends who could not travel to the UK at the last minute, because of COVID, joined us for Christmas dinner so the table was laid for four.

The two of us on Christmas day.

27/12/21 a tough rose hanging on in winter.

30/12/21 Top : Viburnum tinus and cotoneaster berries.
Bottom : Calendula and another surviving rose that amazes me.
The centre tree is a Ginkgo biloba,

31/12/21 Calendula.

I think this is one of the Blackbird (Turdus merula) youngsters being bombed by a chaffinch!

European robin (Erithacus rubecula).

The last sunset of 2021

Take care everybody, keep well and please stay safe in these difficult times.

My local list of wildflowers. (91 Species 02/12/2021).

Thursday, April 2, 2020

02/04/2020 Just an update around the house and the garden.

Maximum temperature here today 16C, minimum 4C. Dry. 13km/h North-easterly fairly cold wind with gusts up to 28 km/h.

Carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea or Xylocopa valga)

Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus).

as above.

White 'Blue' bells. Albino Spanish bells.

Ginkgo Biloba shoots.

The final stages of the Christmas Pointsettia.

Tulips at the end of their time; bought almost 4 weeks ago.

Bumble bee on the cherry blossom.

As above; I just liked the position of this shot!

Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)

As above - Love is in the air!

Cherry blossom in the garden and a Red Robin shrub.

Heating oil delivery...

As above. 1200 litres delivered and not quite full.

Last but not least - I have been busy in the kitchen. The cornuelle is a flat cake a dozen centimetres wide. It forms an isosceles triangle whose centre is pierced with a hole and whose edges are generally ribbed. (Mine aren't as I do not have the right cutter.) This triangle, therefore, has three horns, which probably give its name to the cake.

The cornuelle is consumed traditionally around Palm Sunday (5 April this year), generally fifteen days before and fifteen days after. In the South West of France, this festival is traditionally associated with the blessing of Palm Sunday. The hole in the centre of the cake allowed a sprig of blessed boxwood to slide in and the cornuelles were often sold at the entrance to the church. They can only be found today in pastry shops or in supermarkets. (Or in our house 😊 ) Recipe see Here

Thursday, April 11, 2019

11/04/2019 Just around the garden.

Maximum temperature today 16C, minimum 5C. Dry. 16 km/h North-easterly winds with gusts up to 36 km/h.

The temperatures drop again tomorrow, possible frost on Sunday!

Apologies for the long break in posts but I have had a really bad cold/flu and although I am almost feeling better, I still have very little energy and of course the cough is back again. Meanwhile, Nigel is now in bed with the same problem plus continuous headaches.