From that same day last week, some photos of wild flowers I saw around the edges of the vineyard.
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We had a day without rain in Saint-Aignan yesterday, but I know it rained north of us in Normandy.
Evelyn and her friends went to Giverny to see Monet's garden there.
The rains are supposed to come back later today and
stay with us for three or four days.
Evelyn and her friends went to Giverny to see Monet's garden there.
The rains are supposed to come back later today and
stay with us for three or four days.
You are lucky to have such a variety of wildflowers in your vicinity. I'm sure Giverny was still beautiful for your friends, even in the rain.
ReplyDeleteI definitely like so very much this format that makes possible to enhsnce modest subjects or objects that would go unnoticed in a not too interesting larger picture.
ReplyDeleteI guess I recognise California poppy in photo number two. Just below it, photo #4 is the stunning star of the post. I don't know what is is, but it is a nice place for three minute beetles to have a meeting.
Photo #1 is a grass flower. Who would pay attention to it if it were't for you?
Number three, Privet and # 6 daisies are the only other two I can recognize. Well done!
<# 5 might be wild rose.
DeleteThanks for the name “three minute beetles”. They were everywhere at Giverny. Luckily we had no rain!
DeleteGlad you had no rain in Giverny, but sorry for the minute beetles. Which is smaller, tiny or minute?
DeleteI've heard those tiny beetles called "flea beetles" — they hop like fleas, and they love hot, dry weather. They attack cabbages like kale and collard greens, chewing small holes in the leaves.
DeleteHere's the French Wiki article about flea beetles, called altises. There's also a link to the English Wiki article in the left sidebar.
DeleteI think no. 4 is either a yellow wild chicory flower or a dandelion. No. 2 is a pea plant, I believe.
DeleteIn the #4 photo there is a distinctive feature --those slender greenish petals(?)-- that I couldn't find in the Yellow Chicory flower. But I found it in another lookalike yellow flower and it is the Yellow Salsify (Tragopogon dubius)! Isn't internet great?
DeleteAgain, for some stupid reason, I cannot open the link. I'll try it with another browser.
You're right #2 is a pea plant. I didn't have my glasses on when I looked at it!
Je viens d'ouvrir le lien avec Puffin. Charmantes petites bêtes que les Altises!
DeleteAll these lovely flowers and you don’t have to tend to any of them!
ReplyDeleteHope Evelyn had a wonderful time at Giverny. Nice photos as always. Seeing the lovely flowers that might go unnoticed.
ReplyDeleteAgree with chm that #4 is quite lovely, beetles or no.
ReplyDelete"Three minute beetles:" the English language is stretchy, yes?
ReplyDeleteChrissoup, as you might know, I'm not a native English speaker and I had a feeling that minute was even smaller than tiny and not just a synonym. Fortunately, I didn't write three-minute beetles! What would that ever mean? Like the seventeen-year cicadas we just had in Virginia? Lol! You're right, the English language is stretchy.
Deletechm: The words made me smile.
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