Weird weather

We are having the weirdest weather here in France, or at least in the Loire Valley. In the afternoon it's hot — around 90 degrees F. In the morning — I get up at 4:30 or so to take the dog out to do her morning pee — it is so cold outside that it seems like wintertime. Then I open the windows and doors in the house to get some fresh, chilly morning air and chase away the stuffiness. After an hour or two, I have to close everything up again because because by then it gets too cold inside the house. Did I hear somebody say "whiplash" a few days ago? Oh yeah, that was me.

Mystery plant

What plant is this?

Heat wave #2 for this year

Here's what we have to look forward to, weatherwise, stating tomorrow. This is a 10 day forecast that I grabbed off the Accuweather web site. I modified the settings so that the text would display in English and the temperatures in Fahrenheit. Rignt now I'm airing out the house and letting cool morning air in before it gets hot outwide (high today 88ºF). We'll close the windows and shutters later this morning to keep the sun and heat out. We'll be spending a lot of time indoors over the week to come.

Hydrangea

The hydrangeas in our yard are really nice this year.They survived the May canicule and are in full flower right now.