Today is about the houses and flowers. Most people there have flowers on their balcony’s or near the front door, as we were there in September many of them looked a bit tatty cos of the drought and the ban to use water. But nevertheless the houses still looked stunning.
Hanging geraniums are quite drought resistant.
VERY OLD ROOF TILES MADE OF BASALT THAT FORMED WITH VULCANIC ERUPTIONS ABOUT 8 MILLION YEARS AGO THESE ARE THE MODERN DAY TILES THEY USE FOR NEW HOMESVIEW ON AUBENAS FIRST SIGNS OF AUTUMN, PARTHENOCISSUSOR RED IVY, THE PLANT TURNS BRIGHT RED IN AUTUMN. PRETTY AS A PICTURE, THOSE FLOWERS COMBINED WITH THE PINK WALL. THE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER CALLED THE ARDECHE.
THE SWIMMINGPOOL OF OUR B& THESE LITTLELIZARD WAS EVERYWHEREON THE WALLS LOVED THIS HOUSE WITH THE PINK WALLS
THE ROSES WERE GONE OFCOURSE BUT THEY LEFT A LOT OF BOTTLES FOR THE BIRDS
Last week we returned from our holiday in France, this year we visited the Ardeche, known for the many rocks, a popular holiday destination in Summer and full of French charm.
The Ardeche is situated in the South-West of France, a 1000 kilometer travel for us.
THIS IS A TYPICAL VIEW FOR THE ARDECHE
Normally there is enough water for canoeing but as the whole of Europe is suffering a lot from drought canoeing is not an option at the moment.
THESE MOUNTAINS ARE MADE BY VULCANIC ERUPTIONS ABOUT 8 MILLIONYEARS AGO MOST HOUSES ARE MADE BY THESE ROCKS TOO I JUST LOVED THIS LITTLE TERRACE WITH A ROOF OF A GRAPEVINE DARK GREEN TALL CYPRESSES. LOVE THEM !! WATER AND ROCKS AND MORE WATER AND ROCKS
We stayed in a lovely B&B as we always do when we visit France. I’ll show you more pictures of France in my next blog.
It definitely is Autumn now, cos of the drought it is early this year. But there still is a lot in bloom right now although you can see the flowers are a bit tired and the leafs are getting brown and yellow here and there. On top of it they had to go without my tlc while I was on holiday in France.
IT’S SEDUM SPECABILE TIME NOW AND I HAVE LOTS OF THEM
FUCHSIA MAGELLANICA BLOOMS FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS
PASSIFLORA CAERULEA THE ASTERS ARE JUST BEGINNING TO BLOOM DAHLIA WILL BLOOM TILL THE FROSTS COME BEGONIA’S STILL DOING REALLY WELL TAGETES (marigolds) ROSA GUIRLANDE D’AMOUR IS STILL GETTING NEW BUDS AND ALL
MY FUCHSIA’S IN POTS ARE ALL STILL IN BLOOM ROSA SEAGULL
On the other hand some plants look tatty, like the ferns, the Amelanchier tree(shadbush or june berry), the lavenders…. But hey, I am not complaining !
I hope you are all well and happy, wherever you are.
As I also write about what I see on my travels and not only about gardening you are getting monkeys twice in a row this time.
Sorry but I have to show you some pictures as they are so funny. You probably know by now that I love love love monkeys. I wish I could be so relaxed when people were looking at me.
no matter what was happening arround him he stayed cool and relaxed you are watching me but I am watching you haha showing off my best tooth
This little guy was so relaxed despite lots of people were looking at him and taking pictures of him.
These were taken last week when we went on a daytrip with our 2 grandkids in a safari park in the Netherlands.
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