Showing posts with label goat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label goat. Show all posts

Thursday, December 10, 2020

10/12/2020 All photos taken while out walking fairly close to home.

   Maximum temperature here today 11⁰C, minimum 5⁰C.  10 mm of rain measured this morning but we have had quite a lot over the last few days!  22km/h North-easterly winds with gusts up to 49 km/h. 

I apologise for the 'break-in transmission', but our WiFi has been ridiculous and I have not been able to load any photos easily, and sometimes not at all. Also visiting has been a problem as there has not been enough speed to download your blogs for me to see them.  It is frustrating, and very time consuming trying to do anything on the computer. 

 I have been doing quite a lot of walking now as not so much to do in the kitchen, all fruit and vegetables have considerably slowed down!  Now I am allowed more time, and a bigger radius to walk in, although still in lockdown, I am most days walking between 8 and 11 kms.

I just liked this shot of the moon behind the clouds and over the top of a barn roof,

If you follow the road in the centre to the top, our house is a little further on, on the right-hand side behind the trees.

The church in our local commune of Vitrac Saint Vincent...
The church Saint-Maixent (eleventh and 12th centuries). The first stone was laid in the year 1080 under the tutelage of the powerful lord of Chabanais...

and taking a peek inside.

Cowslips - what are they doing in flower at this time of the year???

As above.

Hawaiian geese or Nene (Branta sandvicensis) seen in a field where they were chasing some ducks.

Possibly Campanula_trachelium .

This hardly needs an ID but somebodies goat.

 Generally this is a small trickle of water over the road!!!

Old Mans Beard (Clematis vitalba).

Hop. skip and jump, yet another goat having fun ...

As above...

As above.

At the entrance to a farmyard.

Moss - it just appealed to me!



My local list of wildflowers. (90 Species 23/08/2020).

See also my


Joining up with My Corner of the World.


Photo competition running until 31 December - colourful photos.

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Let us all join in great fun.  Not much time left now.



Monday, April 16, 2018

16/04/2017 Yesterday there was an Equestrian event at our local village and we went to have a look.

Maximum temperature today 16C, minimum 9C.   Dry other than a couple of drops that did not register in the gauge; 6 km/h South Westerly winds with up to 12 km/h gusts.
Total rainfall so far this year now 437 mm.


Not sure what breed this is but one of the cart horses and what a beauty.

I think that these two are Percherons.
  
Possibly a Friesian with a very young foal...

As above...

As above.

Horses and cart. 

Two horses working on a long rein.  This method used to be used a lot in training, but I have not seen it in use for a very long time, maybe it is coming back into fashion

Two ponies waiting to take children for a ride happily giving each other a scratch with their teeth. 

This little skewbald was hardly bigger than a Shetland, but the children were enjoying going for a ride as you can see by the happy face.

Horses and cart.  A dun and a chestnut not sure what breed.

I was captivated by this nanny goat, she was so good-natured and the children were queuing to go for a ride...

The happiest goat I have ever seen...

she really was adorable and I gave her a scratch behind her ears and she loved it.

Three ladies dressed for the occasion outside the 800 year old village church.

I showed this house a few weeks back covered in scaffolding.  Looks like a job well done and the facade looks excellent.

Loved this magnolia which was next to one of the barns.



N.B. My new bird blog is HERE 
Part 4 of the birds I saw last year in Africa.

Friday, December 8, 2017

08/12/2017 A few last photos from Nevis before we leave. Will be in the UK on Sunday.

Brown Pelican in flight (Pelecanus occidentalis)...

As above...

As above.

A friendly goat.

Vervet monkey in the Palms...

As above

Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

Orchid in the botanical gardens.

An unusual Hibiscus seen at Montpelier Plantation Inn.

Donkeys seen by the shore at the old racecourse ...

Also cattle with an egret at foot.

The waning moon seen between the wind blown palms.

Loving having your comments but I will only get back to replying when we get home 😊

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

05/12/2017 A little more of the wild and domestic animal life on Nevis.

Caribbean Queen or Jamaican Monarch (Danaus cleophile)...

As above...

As above.

Zenaida dove (Zenaida aurita)...

As above.

Not sure which humming bird this is but is is very small only about 6.5 cms (2.5 Inches) long from tali to tip of beak....

as above, sorry the light was bright behind so quite dark.

Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Busy as a bee.

Panther anole - (Anolis bimaculatus).  [I think]

as above

Mum goat getting her kids out of the roadway!

This donkey also was in the road.  Black and white as there was a strange orange light across the photo!