8th August 2026...dying ash trees

7th August 2026.... llama?

A new resident in the lower village....

1st-6th August 2026....Hot, Hot heat damage

Monthly pic.

Our lovely, and now dying lavender.

Temperatures soaring from 35 to 39 ish often....and a few "storms" yielded 350 litres...(one nights watering)...which we are doing every other night.

Last good rain 10th May! 😱😱

Many berries and fruits are way ahead , these are sloes... usually turning blue in September?

30th July 2026.....A trompe d'oeil and moon...

We had to go to Béziers for an opthalmologist RDV. Of course we fitted in an Indian meal at Taj Mahal.

Then walking back to the car, we found a "trompe d'oeil" which we hadn't seen before....

Not a single thing on this wall is real...its a blank wall.

The moon was a strange sight tonight.

Probably smoke?

28th July 2026...our desert.

Words fail me... everything is dying even some well established trees in the forest!

🥺

Veg garden 

Half round garden 

Orange begonia 

Rock rose

All the rainwater we have left 😭

Along the back wall

27th July 2026...Better day

Smoke seems to have thinned out...but can still be seen far away.

26th July 2026....More smoke

Today we are being told the smoke is from the Bordeaux area 350km away!

The fires in France are out of control , thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes and millions of animals, large and small have been burned alive 😭😭😭

We just have the smell and taste of smoke.....

Meanwhile.. Charlie is not bothered one bit...😁