06/06/2017 Another trip to the Physio for my back. Road obstructions!

Maximum temperature 17C, minimum 10C.  26 km/h NW chilly wind with 36 kmh gusts.  3 mm rain measured this morning.

All photos taken from the car, I was having trouble today with reflections on the windscreen.  Nigel was driving!

Baby maize plants enjoying the wet weather.

This guy tried to see how slow he could go while next to a solid white line!!

The pretty town of Massignac...

The church in the background, the tractors were out in force today but most of my photos were blurred!

The quiet rooms of my Physio.

Driving back home, this house in Chéronnac had just a few pot plants....

Massignac from the other side on our return....

The butcher and baker.

Yet another one!

and this guy did get out of our way he was cutting the edges.

Back home the garden was very wet.

For those who have asked about my back - it looks like this!!

30/05/2017 A misty drive to the Physio for my back and a walk around the garden later

Maximum temperature 23C, minimum 13C.  5 km/h N wind.  Yesterday's light rain did not measure at all!  Back to watering.

Misty drive but no rain as expected...

as above...

as above.

Our Azalea has at last come into flower.

Bee Beetle (Trichius family) ...

as above

Bee at work...

As above...

As above, but different bee, note the pollen sacs...

As above.

Finally a bumble bee.

19/01/2017 A trip to the physio for my back again.

Maximum temperature 5C, minimum -6C. 36km/h NE very chilly wind. Dry but very heavy frost.

Sorry we had visitors yesterday and we only go to bed after mid-night!

The Physio's office.

A view down the road.

Note that pretty much all the green here is ivy....

even heavy frosts do not kill it,

The usual road hazard.

House for sale.

Just down the road from us - damaged road!

15/11/2016 Join us on a drive to the Physio and back home again.

Maximum temperature 11C, minimum 1C.  13 km/h NE wind.  Dry, but full cloud cover.

Autumn colours in the trees...

Farmland amongst the forests...

The usual tractor hazard on our narrow roads...

and another one!

More autumn colours.

Arrival for back treatment.

Going back home; impossible to take a good photo from the car, but Cheronnac Church is behind the geraniums!

Men at work, harrowing and ploughing

Massignac from the distance

  

Another hazard at Montemboeuf.

A home in Chasseneuil.

and yes; a yet another tractor just before we got back to the house.