The final photos from September

  Maximum temperature here today 19⁰C, minimum 13⁰C.  Dry at the moment.  Since the end of September we have though measured just over 100 mm of rain!! 12km/h South-westerly winds with gusts up to 28 km/h.  

A number of people who normally comment seem to have missed my last post.  Maybe because the last two started off with sunsets it caused confusion and it was thought to be the same post!

Autumn daffodils (Sternbergia lutea).

Sedum.

Topinambour flowers (Jerusalem Artichoke) (Helianthus tuberosus).

Pampas grass and cosmos.

Not too sure what this little fellow is other than a caterpillar of some sort.

Common Blue butterfly - female (Polyommatus icarus).

Speckled Wood butterfly  (Pararge aegeria).

As above

Puffball fungi.

Not sure what this fungi is maybe Conocybe???

As above...

As above with a fly.

Bumble bee on the last of the lavender...

As above...

As above.

Rosemary beetle (Chrysolina Americana),...

As above on the Rosemary.  Very pretty but sadly a pest.

I am often asked what lens I use for my photos.  I do not have a macro lens and all above photos are taken using a TAMRON Megazoom - 18-400 mm on my Nikon D3500 camera.  I have a Nikon Fitting but they also make the same lens with a Canon fitting.  

My local list of wildflowers. (90 Species 23/08/2020).

See also my

 Bird blog

Joining up with My Corner of the World.

Photo competition running until 31 December - colourful photos.

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Let us all join in, great fun.

 

01/10/2017 Wow October is here - grey skies and wet! Photos hard to come by.

Maximum temperature 17C,  minimum 11C.  14 km/h SW wind with 34 km/h gusts. 10 mm of rain measured this morning.

Rose bud.

Clover in the lawn.

Quinces :-(

Calendula.

Graphosoma italicum.

Viburnum,

Wasp I think of some kind.

Mushroom, looks like someone was hungry!

Sedum

Hoverfly.

Today's veggies from the garden.

Tomatoes and orange and yellow carrots.

10/09/2017 Rain drops in the garden.

Maximum temperature 19C, minimum 9C. 17 km/h NW wind with 39 km/h gusts. 6mm of rain overnight.  More rain forecast over the rest of the week.

Autumn crocus/daffodils all closed - they do not like the weather!

Soggy pampas.

Rain drops on the fir.

A single rain drop on the willow reflecting the garden upside down.

Raindrops on roses........

and on the sedum.

The wet weather is bringing out the snails.  European  garden snail (Helix aspersa)....

They are edible but I prefer to let the blackbirds eat ours!!

Mrs Sparrow...

 Two sparrows taking a bath

and turning their backs on me!!

The quinces are ripening, also apples and the first figs.  You can see how big the quinces are compared to the Granny Smiths.

If you are interested Part 3 of our holiday in South Africa is up and running on my other blog.

27/08/2017 Hot in the garden today and not much going on!

Maximum temperature 34C, minimum 19C.  4 km/h SW wind with 24km/h gusts.  Dry.

It is going to get hotter if the forecast is right!!

Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus)

As above, not the best photos but I only got one quick chance.

Even the lizards were in the shade.. apologies to those who do not like them...

I moved in slowly and it did not flinch.

Common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis)

One lone bee was on the sedum...

as above.

and a bug on the calendula.

I went out later to see if there was anything else around and the same lizard was still in the same place but it had turned around.

For those who comment about beams and stone in France, here are a few shots of the inside of our house that might interest you

Our lounge...

and looking the other way down the passage to our bedroom...

Stone walls in our bedroom...

as above...

When we bought the house our room looked like this

and a low central beam in the office does not worry us as I am the only one that works much on the other side.

Hope you enjoyed a small look at the inside of our home.