05/03/2020 Playing with frames.....

Maximum temperature in the Charente today 12C, minimum 6C. Rain all day not measured as yet.  I am guessing that we are now over 200 mm this year.  36km/h North-westerly wind with gusts up to 86 km/h.  

Because the weather is so bad I have been trying to take a few photos of flowers that are not too beaten up and I have been playing with frames for them.  Something different!!

Cowslips (Primula veris).

I think this is wild Sea Mayweed (Tripleurospermum maritimum).

Gorse (Ulex europaeus).

House orchid (Cymbidium).

Wild buttercup (Ranunculaceae).

Snowdrop (Galanthus nivali).

Unknown blossom in the neighbour's orchard.

Wild Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea).

Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus).

Japanese quince ( Chaenomeles japonica).

Hyacinth (Hyacinthus).

Camellia.

See also my

 Bird blog

09/03/2019 Only flowers today - it seems too cold for the insects again

Maximum temperature today 14C, minimum 7C.  4mm rain measured this morning; as I type this we are having a mixture of more rain on and off.  20km/h North-westerly winds with gusts up to 45 km/h.

So far this year we have had 85 mm,  compared to 320 mm last year, and 158 mm in 2017.  We may though have messed up January as we were not here, and we took the reading of what was in the rain gauge on our return which was only 16mm.

The only surviving plant from our trip to Amsterdam in 2015.  I have just repotted it so I hope I have not killed it off now!  Our roofing guy says it looks like 'un lapin' 😉 (a rabbit).

Bergenia cordifolia.

Camellia.

Daffodils.

Hyacinth.

Rosemary.

Viburnum.

Japanese quince.

Crocus.

Bellis perennis

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and My life In the Charente

01/04/2018 No April fool, but not much change either.

Maximum temperature today 14C, minimum 2C.   11 mm of rain measured over the last two mornings; 8 km/h South Westerly winds with up to 22 km/h gusts. 

Rain this afternoon and forecast for the rest of the week - again!!

Total so far this year now 406 mm.

 30/03/18  Minutes before the rain arrived...

As above

Full moon.

01/04/18 Bee on the ground ivy...

as above.

Fly on a buttercup.

Camellia.

Tulips.

Cranesbill.

Hyacinth

A possi of Gendarme beetles!

Rosemary.

Violas.

N.B. My new bird blog is HERE 

29/03/2018 We actually saw some sun this morning but the rain returned this afternoon.

Maximum temperature today 12C, minimum 3C.   10 mm of rain measured this morning; 9 km/h North Westerly winds with up to 44 km/h gusts. 

Rain this afternoon and forecast for the rest of the week - again!!

Total so far this year now 392 mm.

Banded snail.

Bee.

Dandelion and bee.

Blackbird (Turdus merula) and House sparrows (Passer domesticus).

Bee.

Buttercup.

Camellia.

Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto), wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) and House sparrows.

Our neighbours lambs...

As above...

At the milk bar...

Maybe twins.

Le Gendarme beetle (Pyrrhocoris apterus).

Hyacinth.

Tulips.

Unknown on a lawn daisy.

Carrots, parsnips and two different kinds of topinambour (Jerusalme artichoke) from the garden.

Topinambour and carrot soup on the menu over the weekend.

N.B. My new bird blog is HERE