Francine had devised a cunning plan to barter for the use of Mike & Linda’s washing machine: maniac that she is, she volunteered to help Linda working on her allotment (a.k.a. the farm) for half a day. The allotments in…
Tag: butterflies
Bucklers Hard
With a another fine day in the offing, this one with only a very light breeze, things were looking good for a bicycle trip. Yesterday, after our visit to friends, we called in at Beaulieu, home of the National Motor…
Snaketails in the Forest
There are dragonflies called Snaketails or, rather, there are dragonflies named Snaketails by our American cousins. In the British English world, the Green Snaketail (Amerispeak) is the Green Clubtail (Britspeak). Naturally, the French-speaking world and the German-speaking world have other…
Posted in 2010 New Forest Tagged with: butterflies, damselflies, dragonflies, England, nature, New Forest, photography, travel, wildlife
Action Stations
What a difference a day of sunshine makes, not just to we humans but to the whole of nature, it seems. The Marais Poitevin is something of a wildlife haven. With its intricate network of canals, one might reasonably assume…
Posted in 2010 Spring Tagged with: butterflies, dragonflies, France, Marais Poitevin, nature, photography, travel, wildlife
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