2007 -09-30 Bringing home the wood, and Sunrise from Cailho

Dave on the tractor
its a Massey Fergerson 825 1963-65 and the driver is just a bit older !!!
Sunrise at Cailho.........mist in the valley, Olargues will see this day about 10.00am

2007-09-22 Ths months wldlfe

Wildlife Sept/Oct


A hawkmoth caterpillar.....but which one?A hornet sized hoverfly, they keep buzzing into the house.
a purple edged large beetle, perhaps this is what the grubs in the compost heap turn into?
St. Michael or parasol mushroom......probably our favorite so far !!

2007-09-21 Garden Progress

Now the autumn clear up.

Dave clearng the back wall
cutting down one of the cherry trees. this one had a lot of damage and was a bitter tasting fruit.
Squeaky lending a helpful meeeow from the bird table!
Squeaky and Dave planting the Viburnum,
meanwhile i was sorting through the compost heap, separating the compost from the very large grubs......i expect they are big beetle grubs, but they process the compost at such a terriffic rate, they are worth keeping !!

2007-09-17 Vultures !!

WE couldn't believe our eyes !!5 large Black Vultures circling over Cailho,

was it the locals, or the smell of burning pig from the previous weeks fire???

this is the photo which was the decider on the species, up until this we were thinking we had seen Golden Eagles...........

i hope one day they will pass through again, there is a colony living in the Gorge de Tarn which might be where they were from.

2007-09-16 Our first Vendange !!

We were privileged to be able to help out at a friend's Vendange.

The very first (but hopefully not the last time)

This variety is the Mourvedre



Still a few to cut!


Dave steals Jane's bucket..................only kidding!!

2007-09-09 More shots of the Canadair planes

2007-09-09 FIRE !!

OK, two pictures of the planes fighting the fire on the ridge oppisite this is the red powder, which is a fire retardant
and this is the water !!

2007-09-09 The Burning Bush !!!

During the fire at about 7.30am



at about 7.45am
the view from the terrace, no zoom !!


after the fire was extinguished about 12-1 o'clock

2007-09-04 More of Mike & Sarah at Dausse

Fishing at Dausse !!
the water fall
Frederic and Mike.......asking where the girls have gone ???

2007-09-04 Dausse with Mike and Sarah

At the pool, looking for' lunch'Mike and Sarah...........who put that tree there????
Frederic and his ......radish !!!