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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

22/07/2020 Random photos from the garden

Maximum temperature here today 31⁰C, minimum 19⁰C. Dry. 14km/h North-Easterly winds with gusts up to 31 km/h.

Scarce swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)...

As above...

Seen in Chasseneuil while out walking - Magnolia (Virginiana-Swamp-Laurel).

Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum).

Silver Washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)...

As above.

Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis Muralis) this guy went through the hole at the bottom of the door. It then obviously found a large healthy meal inside. This caused it to get stuck on its way out as it was too fat!! This was visiting a friend, not our door. All our doors and window are oak.

Poppy (Papaver rhoeas).

Granny Smith - we have 2 trees.

Mirabelle plums - 4 trees.

Broad Bordered bee Hawk-moth (Hemaris fuciformis)...

As above.

Butternut Squash, I have counted at least 16 under the leaves.

Haricot beans.

Beetle Longhorn 8Spot Hornet Beetle (Leptura aurulenta).

My local list of wildflowers. (89 Species 20/07/2020)

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

28/08/2018 Anniversary and around the garden.

Maximum temperature today 33C, minimum 16C. Dry except for a couple of drops of rain late evening that did not even measure in the rain gauge; 9 km/h South-easterly winds with up to 29 km/h gusts.

Waiting for friends to arrive to celebrate our 37th wedding anniversary. How time does fly when you are having fun!

Note how brown the lawn is!!!!

Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album).

As above.

Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta).

Red Admiral and a Comma.

As above.

Red Admiral in flight.

Unknown moth but I thought it was pretty!

Pumpkins.

Butternut squash.

Granny Smith apples.

Californian poppies.

My bird blog

has been updated HERE

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

06/06/18 Around the garden

Maximum temperature today 21C, minimum 15C. Rainfall 34 mm measured since my last post; 15 km/h South Westerly winds with up to 38 km/h gusts.

Total rainfall since 1st January; 606 mm and more rain today!

Too dark to paint today so here is another catch-up post. Photos taken over several days when there was a glimmer of sun between rain!

I managed to cut the lawn at the weekend but it was quite wet...

as above.

Love in the mist, and with what I believe to be a fly or bee of some kind covered in pollen

Rosebud with an Oxythyrea funesta chomping away on the petals! Note the small fly on the top of the petal on the right.

Bee Beetle (Trichius fasciatus) on the cotoneaster...

as above.

Carnation growing in amongst the rosemary!

Day Lilies.

Cotoneaster with an unknown beetle. I only saw the beetle when I looked at the photo which was taken of the flowers!

Fungus on the wood pile. Possibly Trametes versicolor, often called the "turkey tail.

Granny Smith apples.

Potato plants.

N.B. My bird blog is updated HERE

Part 12 of the birds I saw last year in Africa.

Thursday, August 10, 2017

10/08/2017 Back in action when our WiFi returned at lunch time today. Much slower than most of you, but we are back to our norm of 0.5.

Maximum temperature 20C, minimum 12C. 14 km/h NW wind with 39 km/h gusts. 6mm rain measured in the last 2 days. Intermittent rain/sun most of the last couple of days.