14/04/2020 Flowers in the garden at present, some wild others planted.

Maximum temperature here today 18⁰C, minimum 8⁰C (but felt like 3⁰C !). Dry today but 4 mms rain Sunday night.  23km/h North-easterly icy cold wind with gusts up to 51 km/h. 

Wallflowers.

Vinca

Calendula.

Lawn Daisy and wild violets.

Orange poppies.

Flag Iris.

Apple blossom.

Ground ivy, a weed but I think the little flowers are very cute.

Quince blossom.

Spanish bluebells.

A single flowering peony.

Wild bluebells.

Black tulips.

Violas.

Californian poppy.

Gorse.

No flowers but little figs appearing.

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14/04/2018 Yesterday's photos today, but I still have more to catch up on as well!!

Maximum temperature today 16C, minimum 9C.   2 mm of rain measured this morning; 12 km/h South Easterly winds with up to 32 km/h gusts.

Total rainfall so far this year now 437 mm.

A lone bee in the cherry tree, but not being accommodating for photos!

Also anti photos, was what I believe to be a wasp in the Acer blossom.

Buzzing by at speed in the lawn, possibly the same wasp as above.

Les gendarme beetles (Pyrrhocoris apterus).

Ground ivy everywhere!

Wild violets.

Then I saw my first small common lizard of 2018. So happy they are back...

followed by a larger one checking to see if it was safe to come out...

obviously it was

Just a bit later, I saw that love was in the air...

As above.

RIP little shrew - damn barn cats!!

N.B. My new bird blog is HERE 

Part 4 of the birds I saw last year in Africa.

22/03/2017 Looking around at what my neighbours have in their gardens!

Maximum temperature 13C, minimum 2C.  44km/h SW wind. 7 mm of rain measured this morning.  Very cold wind!

Daffodil with a fly. The only insect out today I think!

Grape Hyacinth.

Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) a pest!

Plum blossom.

Ribes sanguineum glutinosum.  Pink-Flowered Currant.

Lone tulip.

Neighbouring paddock with sheep.

and back in our house is this Kalachoe.

03/04/2016 Around the garden. Mostly weeds, ooops no wild flowers.

Maximum temperature 19C, minimum 8C.  41 km/h S winds.  Light rain in the evening not measured yet.

White 'blue' bells

Hellebore and bug.

Laurel flowers.

Poppy.

Buttercup and ant.

Celandine

Wild Violet

Dandelions.

Lawn daisy with fly...

as above but pink.

Ground ivy.

Cranesbill.

Speedwell.

Cowslips.

We went to the cinema last night and saw The Revenant. I have seldom wanted to walk out on a film but this one I did. Gory, grisly and way to bloody for me.