Showing posts with label plum blossom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plum blossom. Show all posts

Sunday, April 8, 2018

08/04/2018 Now I am running two days late!!

Maximum temperature today 15C, minimum 9C.   1 mm of rain measured over the last two mornings; 21 km/h South Westerly winds with up to 56 km/h gusts. 
Total rainfall so far this year now 421 mm.

On Friday we had a club luncheon at Montemboeuf we parked near to the church.
Église de Saint-Sixte (Church of St. Sixtus)


The menu.

Everyone trying to find a place to sit!

Amuse bouche served with a cherry kir. Latter not photographed.

Pumpkin soup.

Prawns in a pancake shaped like a basket.

Duck breast with French green beans and chips

Take your choice from the cheese selection.

Dessert. 4 in 1.

Our friend Alan, cheers.  It was good to see him out and about, he has not been well after a bad fall from a ladder.

The Montemboef war memorial.

Back home I saw that the Mirabelle plum tree was in blossom.

Sunset, photo taken from the back door.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

28/03/2017 Around the garden and a trip into Brico Leclerc

Maximum temperature 18C, minimum 5C.  8 kmh N wind.  1.5 mm rain measured this morning.
Bumblebee in the plum blossom.

Bee in motion....

and on the rosemary.

Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)

Common Lizard - male, note the blue spots on his tummy.

Tulips in bud.

Brico Leclerc...

the new garden centre...

large and very bright...

I did not ask the price of this lemon tree!....

many water features.

Saturday, March 25, 2017

25/03/2017 A walk around the garden.

Maximum temperature 19C, minimum 6C.  31 kmh NE wind with 44 m/h gusts. Dry.
Broad Bean flowers.

Camellia.

Celandine plus bug,

Cherry blossom.

Dandelion and bee.

Hyacinth.

Japanese quince.

Daisies, bee and fly.

Daisy and fly.

Plum blossom.

Viburnum.

Wild violets. 

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

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.

Saturday, March 18, 2017

18/03/2017 Chilly outside today!!!! Hope the blossom survives.

Maximum temperature 15C, minimum 3C.  30km/h NW wind. Dry.
Apple blossom.

Plum blossom.

Japonica - Japanese quince.

Broad beans.

Hyacinth.

Bergenia Cordifolia.

Viburnum.

Roast Beef for dinner :-))))