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Thursday, October 5, 2017

05/10/2017 Hedge cutting day.

Maximum temperature 21C, minimum 9C. 9 km/h NW wind with 22 km/h gusts. Dry :-)

Rose Day 5.

The hedge before cutting at the bottom of the garden...

and at the top.

Man at work...

as above.

Change of camera and later in the day, the first photos were taken at 08h00

The top hedge looking fantastic...

and at the bottom.

View across the lawn, hedge to the right.

and a view down the length of our lawn with veggie garden and greenhouse at the bottom.

Topinambour flowers against the first blue sky we have seen for days.

and a hoverfly trying to hide!!

Speckled Wood butterfly.

A few grapes that survived our early frost.

Home grown radishes.

Friday, September 2, 2016

02/09/2016 Busy day!

Maximum temperature 31C, minimum 15C. 16 km/h NW wind. Very Dry.

Hedge cutting..

As above...

Certainly looks much better, but look at our brown grass - we need rain!!

Chasseneuil, kids playground...

Wisteria,...

In the car park - 2CV...

As above, letting the sun shine in!

Just down the road maize cut...

and opposite maize ready for reaping...

and an hour later driving home it is being cut.

Yet just down the road this is still being watered!

Friday, April 8, 2016

08/04/2016 The return of the Green lizard and various photos at home and out walking.

Maximum temperature 12C, minimum 0C. 29 km/h NW winds. 4mm rain measured this morning.

Green Lizard. Lacerta viridis.

Black bird, I think immature.

Greenfinch female.

House centipede. Scutigera coleoptrata. The good guys as they eat insects and spiders!

A trip to the optician. Nigel's cycling glasses have a cracked lens!

Lavoir at Fleurignac.

Well at Fleurignac.

A beautifully cut hedge.

Curious cattle. Note they all have their horns cut.

Blackthorn.

Calves.

Wild bluebells.

Muddy horses.

Lambs.

Monday, May 18, 2015

18/05/2015 Back in the garden once more.

Maximum temperature 20C, minimum 7C. 26 km/h W wind.

Looks like the next couple of days will be colder!

Saturday, October 18, 2014

18/10/2014 Cracked windscreen,and yes a few more photos from the garden. Cut half of the laurel hedge, more to go.

Maximum temperature 26C. Blue skies.

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Shadows Along the Zambezi by Diana M. Hawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I so enjoyed this book and towards the end I could not put it down only finishing at 2am! Having lived most of my early life in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, so many places had a lot of meaning to me. Diana’s knowledge of every detail in this book is incredible.
Sadly, so much of this story is fact and very true. It made me cry and at times it made me smile. I hope that it might awaken the world as to what is going on in many African countries, and instead of so many people burying their heads in the sand, perhaps they might stand up and do something. Smuggling and hunting are very soon going to leave the world a very sad place when there are no animals left.
Now I am off to read Shadows over an African Heart.

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Shadows Over an African Heart: a novel by Diana M. Hawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Shadows over an African Heart is the perfect name for this book. The shadows are even bigger than I ever dreamt, and this book is a real eye-opener to the truth of what is going on. I was in tears in many places in this book. The fictional side story I so enjoyed, but the true and very sad story of the elephants and other animals; the Zimbabwe government has so much to answer for.
The world needs to read both of Diana’s books and action needs to be taken before the children of today never see wildlife as we have had the joy to grow up with around us.
There are many African words in the story which to me were great to be reminded of, but many are explained as you read and there is a good glossary of the words in the back of the book.

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