Category: Plants and Gardens

From my garden this afternoon (from Android phone)

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Convulvulus in flower, and the bees are out in force. Leaning on the sides of the tunnel, they seem almost drunk on the nectar.

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In this video my aunty and uncle appeared from several hours drive further south in France where they live and stayed a few days. Sophie decided to give a bit of a concert in the pool and some feats of swimming.

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OK, Poll time. You heard some Abba on this, and you could see how it bridges three generations. Now the question:

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A Hummingbird Hawk-moth
Hummingbird Hawk Moth

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It’s near Tours, that’s all I’m sayin’. Knawm sayin’?

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