A new photo, taken today after Pauline and I had been processing the lime leaves with the mower. Needless to say, these have all now been picked... best harvest we've had from around the lime.
The Hover Flies Who Pretend to be Wasps
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All summer long, and up until a few weeks ago in November, we've had an
active European Wasp *Vespula germanica* (Fr. Guêpe européenne) above our
kitchen...
Jade flower
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One of our jade plants is blooming. The flowers are tiny, less than a
centimeters in diameter, with a touch of purple in the petals.
*Jade flowers.*
I w...
December weather 15 years ago
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These are some photos I took during a morning walk in the vineyard on
December 10, 2010.
As you can see, it was cold on that date 15 years ago. It's much w...
Cardinal Beetles Pyrochroidae
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Cardinal Beetles are a small family of bright scarlet beetles. The larvae
are rather flattened and live under bark, predating other insects.
Larva of a ca...
The circle of fire - part 1: closing the circle
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My interest in the French transatlantic liner *La Touraine* started with a
small piece of newsprint that we found hidden in the masonry of our
chimney. Tha...
Season’s Greetings…
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It's been a long time! However, although the I may not be finding the time,
inspiration or inclination to write this blog I always try to find some
time ...
The tortoise and the hare
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I sowed a row of "Guernsey" parsnips in the *potager *on 30th April this
year. After a prolonged sulk they germinated. On 4th September I had six
little pa...
A name changer...
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One of our other blogs...
*Touraine Flint*
has changed its name and header...
it is now...
*Following Others' Footsteps.*
The change came about when we r...
Tried and tested uses of goose fat.... Wot??
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Being rather a rotund feline with a good appetite, I was reading the *Days
on the Claise* post of this morning about the Touraine Goose...
L'Oie de Touraine...
Based at our house near Le Grand Pressigny, we are centrally placed between The Brenne & The Loire Anjou Touraine National Parks and the Sologne, enabling us to observe wild events and discover new [to us] insects, plants and birds.
We started this record in 2003, when we bought La Forge and from time to time we will be publishing the odd species list of what we've seen here at La Forge and in the immediate vicinity.
We've also been building a collection of finds, mainly from prehistory... we record those as well on the blog Touraine Flint. As well as pictures on this site, we've been posting to flickr.
Guided Tours in a lovely limo!
Susan&Simon from Days on the Claise have another blog, Loire Valley Nature, which is "designed to be used as an English language natural history web resource for lowland central France." .
About our other, more occasional, bloggings... and other resources
We havent made any recent changes on our website.... but there you will find a nice web album of photos from around the house. Click on the Deptford Pink to start the slideshow.
From there you can also find links to our other blogs... Our'foodie' blog De la bonne bouffe, where we are posting recipes, local taste discoveries and snippets on life in Touraine du Sud...
Our occasional blog Touraine Flintwhich focuses on the pre-history of the area and Man's effect on the land and the environment up to present times.
Also there Art en Saule, which is a record of the of the attempts at management of our six acre meadow.
The early listings were only a few observations with an entry and usually no record of numbers! They had been taken directly from our 'birders notebook' Where there are further details from the book we keep at the house, they will be added later.
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