Sunday, June 26, 2022

26th June 2022


This is what Sundays were made for!
A very rare picture of peace and tranquility from the boys 😻🙀


Saturday, June 25, 2022

25th June 2022


Todays collection of flora and forna.


Gypsy moth caterpillar.


Rosalia longicorn
A rareish beetle that lives on beech trees.


Brown Argus on lavander 


Oxalis, planted by Ann.

Scarce Swallowtail on Buddleia 
Painted Lady on Buddleia 

25th June 2022

Veg garden produce
Basil, first Aubergine, courgettes and cucumbers.


These are just going into the garden today, not much space left now !

25th June 2022

Wall building continued today....





Thursday, June 23, 2022

23rd June 2022


Work continues, even after he fell down our stone steps two days ago, during a thunderstorm!

One of the best pictures I've ever taken of my most favourite butterfly, 
the Swallowtail.

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

22nd June 2022

Todays clean up job....after so much hot weather, we were blessed with a thunderstorm, unfortunately rather a violent one with hail stones, not huge ones like in some parts of france, but bad enough to do this, (see pics)......the upside, no watering for a few days, but more storms are forecast.☹️😱















Tuesday, June 21, 2022

21st June 2022

The wall contines, now Dave is filling behind the stone wall, in front of the block wall.
Eventually bringing the level of the drive up a bit!


21st June 2022

Lavender and lavender friends on the terrace.







21st June 2022

Happy Solstice! ☀️

Charlie begins the day with a good yoga stretch.....😹



Followed closely by a chase around the parking with a new friend/lunch?

There is a video of this.





Monday, June 20, 2022

20th June 2022


A little bee came and sat on my knee...


Dave, positioning stones on the wall

Clouds and rays of sun....it surely must rain soon 🙏

Sunday, June 19, 2022

19th June 2022

Dave rebuilding the stone wall, up against the block supporting wall he's just finished.





Two mad cats!
Buster
Charlie

Friday, June 17, 2022

17th June 2022

Temperature hits 41⁰C 

Another shot of the spectacular second flowering of the wisteria.
These are tomato off shoots, that I pushed in the ground, at end of May about 3 weeks ago.
Cucumbers
Courgettes
Aubergines
Tomatoes
Courgettes again!

Peppers and Aubergines

Perilla and restrained goji berry plant!