First outing of our chairs bought in Lidl in 2005….actually one was lent out a couple of years ago.
Dave makes a start on the balustrades , they needed several attempts with the “organic” paint stripper, but it worked and you can breath it, get it on your hands and dispose of the remaining water safely……although as it had old paint in we binned it !
Nearly there………….First coat of paint goes on…….
We have seen plenty of this egg cases around the garden, but never witnessed the hatching out….Dave noticed a small mantis on his arm, remembering he had seen one of the egg cases under the table, turned the table over and this is what we saw….dont miss the video at the end !
They run as soon as they can as i believe sibling cannibalism is not unknown !
I am not a big fan of slugs, but these are fascinating…….well a bit !
they are about 10cm (4”)long and the black one has a wavy ridge down its back, we have had so much rain they are out munching the cherries……
For the new terrace the cherry tree has to be cut back again, poor thing…..
A new addition to our menagerie ….Eddy the lizard.
here he is in the toad hole…….must be timeshare !
haven’t seen the second one from this picture since so presume he was the male 
Big black beetle……
This is a glow worm , its the ONLY one we saw this year……and this was taken in the dark……normally all you see is a small greenish light.
All things bright and beautiful hey ?
I am hoping to include a video of this at the end of this post….it a Narrow (or thread) waisted wasps nest…she started building it behind a beam in our bedroom, and stopped when she had made 13 “cells” a good name as each one will contain a stunned insect for her egg to feed on when it hatches. The darker bits are still wet, and she works it like a little potter, she then covered the whole 13 cells with another layer of mud for good luck !
For video click here !
As you will see she is very noisy too
On the day we took mum and veronica back to the airport at Carcassonne, we decided to do a bit of exploring ourselves….as it was a fete day very little was open, we had lunch in the cite and caught a huge vide grenier ( car boot sale) on the way home……perfect …
This was our first stop a park full of wooden sculptures……..
Childish i know , but couldn’t resist !
We were at about this point when we saw their plane fly over….
Mum flew into Carcassonne with Dave on his return from the UK. So we went to the cite……but it was after 5 and all the trains and pony carts had shut up shop for the night.
Some more pictures during mums stay……
ok so Kiwi is allowed on the bed SOMETIMES !
I like this one !
Ah that was a sneaky snooze zzzzzzzzzzzz
I see no ships !!
