[And to allow me to put some new pictures up....]
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| Stacking cranes. This was the first flight of nine. |
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| Six of Nine |
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| Nine of Nine |
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| Stacked - ready to glide |
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| A thin ribbon of twenty cranes.... the second flight. |
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| The third flight [14 individuals].... the best shot of this bunch.. the autofocus on the camera was having great difficulty staying in touch!! |
But the weather is very strange at the moment... the weather hit a balmy 19.6 Centigrade yesterday too! On Sunday we saw butterflies, Clouded Yellow [Colias crocea] le Souci being quite notable with its egg-yolk yellow colouring... and the Ivy [Hedera helix] Lierre is still alive with late feeding insects. All these insects are really quite important... the bats are still around!!
In the potager we are getting sprouts, still, from our "Tender-stem" brocolli. We've had a late crop into November before, but these are still producing a two servings worth a week in the fourth week of November!
There are still numerous wild flowers around.... most obvious are the Nettle-leaved Bellflower [Campanula trachelium] Campanule Galantelée and also Knapweeds, Scabious and Meadow Clary [Salvia pratensis] Sauge des Prés. But it also means that the trees I need to work on this winter are not yet dormant... oops! But, still, I've plenty to keep me going on the bricolage [D.I.Y.] side
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