30 September 2015

Fog and dew

Many of our mornings are either very foggy or very dewy in this season, but the afternoons are mainly dry. Only a stiff breeze overnight can chase the fog and dew away. Morning temperatures are in the low 50s F (10 to 12 ºC). I'm hoping for good weather in October.


I think all the grapes have been harvested now — even these that had started turning into raisins on the vine. There wasn't enough moisture to plump them back up, despite all the rain we've had in September (5 in. / 124 mm).



The flowers pictured below are growing everywhere throughout and around the vineyard right now. I don't know what they are called. Who can tell me?


We're off to Romorantin (pop. 20,000) today to do some shoe shopping. We both need comfortable, water-proof hiking boots for the winter season. I'm tired of coming back from my walks with wet socks and feet.

15 comments:

  1. In French, this flower is known as linaire commune Linaria vulgaris or butter and eggs in English.?

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    1. The temperature this morning is just 8.4 ºC. That's in the 40s F. Brrrr. Thanks. I see the name Toadflax too.

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    2. Ken, it is Common Toadflax, you are spot on!
      A lovely plant... a "weed of cultivation"... but it grows so late in the year, surely it effects no one!?
      We even grow a close relative in our gardens... as BettyAnn says.... the Snapdragon!
      This year seems to have been a very good year for them....
      or probably last year when all the seed was formed and we are now seeing the result!
      And that is a lovely dewy photograph of one....
      Lumix?

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    3. Yes, Lumix. I see "yellow toadflax" as one common name for the flower.

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  2. Greetings from Ho Chi Minh City!

    In America I know this plant as a Snapdragon.

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  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linaria_vulgaris

    Some people have already answered this...We call it butter and eggs.

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    1. I see "wild snapdragon" as another common name for the plant.

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  4. In Dutch it is called 'leeuwebekje' = tiny lion's jaw !!! Almost as 'poetic' as snapdragon, I guess. ;-) Martine

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    1. Hi Martine, yes, that is a very nice name for the plant.

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    2. I think that name is actually more descriptive of the shape...
      unless you think of a Chinese new year dragon...
      which has a lion-like head!!
      From now on Auntie Rhinums are Snaplions!

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  5. I had never heard of the "Butter and Eggs" moniker for the Snapdragon!

    Here's to dry feet and socks :)

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  6. Love the names. I think I'll plant some snapdragons and pansies as soon as it gets a little colder around here.

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  7. Fog is the sign of autumn at my place too

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  8. I believe they are a form of snap dragon. They grow wild where I have lived in New York, New Jersey and PA. Their common name may be bread and butter or butter and eggs.

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