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Thursday, March 24, 2016

24/03/2016 Nigel had a trip to La Rochefoucauld and a few photos from the garden.

Maximum temperature 14C, minimum 1C. 21 km/h W wind. Dry. Rain forecast for tomorrow and Easter!

La Rochefoucauld with the château in the background....

Mmmmm the chocolate shop....

Looking up the main street...

Restoration in progress and it looks like the road is closed...

Up high; men at work.

The road home - we have had a double chicane here for months - at last maybe they are solving the problem.

Lawn Daisy and bee, good to see them around.

I think this is cranesbill growing in the lawn.

Daffodils.

As above with a grape hyacinth.

Lawn daisies.

Dandelion clock.

Yes it is still around...

Common Lizard.

Wild violet.

Monday, August 31, 2015

31/08/2015 A trip to Chasseneuil and meeting with one of my blog followers.

Maximum temperature 31C, minimum 18C. 51 km/h SE wind. Dry so far but it is supposed to rain!

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

14/04/2015 Scrabble at Vitrac today, I walked around the village to admire the place once more and the beautiful blooms around.

Maximum temperature 26C, minimum 8C. 20 km/hr SE wind. Dry.

Saturday, April 5, 2014

05/04/2014 A trip to Chasseneuil shopping. Digging the garden and we both went out for a cycle ride, just over 30 kms.

Maximum temperature 19C.

Thursday, July 11, 2013

11/07/2013 Nigel took a trip to town this morning. We put manure down on the garden and the leeks will go in later today (I hope)

Maximum temperature 30C, but again the forecast says it feels like 33C.

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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