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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

31/05/2016 Continual rain. . . . . . . and a couple of photos from last weeks walk.

Maximum temperature 19C, minimum 11C. 48 km/h SW winds. 18 mm of rain measured this morning and still raining!

Rose.

Love in a Mist.

Lots of pods and 1200gr of broad beans from the garden.

Raindrop close to where I took the shot yesterday with the reflection of the house.

Filling in time, I made myself a choker with matching earrings.

Have put this on before - a workshop that I made for Nigel for his birthday many years back when we owned a Porsche 356. Wish we had it now - worth a fortune!

A well hidden dam that I came across last week out walking. I only saw it when I was about to cross over the spillway - lots of trees.

Common Blue female, taken with the Samsung last week.

Speckled Wood also taken with the Samsung.

and a ruin of something next to the dam.

Thursday, July 10, 2014

10/07/2014 Photos in the garden, Nigel out cycling and more of Seville holiday 17/06/2104

Maximum temperature 21C. Cloudy with gusts of wind but dry.

Photos from holiday around Seville 17/06/14. See previous posts.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

10/04/2014 A visit to.Les Salles Lavauguyon on our way back from Bussac.

Maximum temperature 22C and blue skies.

I will be doing a full blog on this village with its history some time soon on My Life in the Charente!

Monday, May 6, 2013

06/05/2013 A drive to Angouleme and a quick walk around the garden.

Maximum temperature 20C - it was pleasantly warm in the car :-)

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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