Wednesday 12 August 2020

Wednesday Words & Pictures.


Does anyone know what this weed (?) is growing in my front lawn?  it is the only part of the lawn that is actually green!


It is starting to cover quite a large patch of lawn.


These are the flowers


Blue sky!  The solar panels have been working hard the last few days.


Always beautiful.


The gunnera is looking better now I have trimmed off the dead leaves and given it a good water.  I also spotted at least five goldfish in the pond today, so they are still there!  They weren't visible for long though.


Spider with some prey.


The pears are starting to look good, need to get a bit bigger yet though, they aren't as 'big' as they look in these two photos.



I picked this apple!



The grapes.



I now know what the circular 'clumps' in the orchard are...they are cyclamen...whatdoyacallits.


I think this is brussels?  I need to check my planting notes.


On my walk...


Down at the beach, gorgeous.


I went for a paddle and wished I'd had my swimsuit and a towel as it was so hot down there.


Actually it has been so hot all day, another scorcher for sure.


Just so beautiful.



A bit of excitement to watch on my walk home... a helicopter hovering


a boat speeding a long


Just cruising...


Helicopter getting closer.  I thought it was a police helicopter, but when I uploaded the photos I saw...


...it was a coastguard helicopter.



It seemed to 'chase' after the boat


and then hover over the top of it for a very long time.  But they are both coastguard vessels, so thinking perhaps they were doing some kind of training exercise.


Pretty as a butterfly in the sun.



Dry fields with an 'anvil cloud' (cumulonimbus incus) in the distance...I wonder if thunder is coming? It is forecast to.



Still cruising along...


Some teasels.



Not a particular active day apart from my walk, but better than yesterday.  The heat was just way too much for me yesterday and I ended up with a bad migraine and stomach discomfort.  Fortunately it didn't last too long, the tablets did the trick.


4 comments:

  1. Delightful!
    Do the flowers smell of pineapples? If so possibly a pineapple weed, a relation of chamomile.
    Take care

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  2. Never seen that plant in your lawn. Your crops look good and that grass looks so very dry. Keep safe and cool.

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  3. Your 'weed' is yarrow. (Achillea). We use to use it for lawns in parts of NZ because it stays green in the dry season. It is also a medicinal herb. (The genus name Achillea is derived from mythical Greek character, Achilles, who reportedly carried it with his army to treat battle wounds.)

    For a not very active day you sure packed in a lot, and the photos are great.

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    1. Thank you so much for visiting my blog, and answering my question! I've never seen it in NZ lawns... had plenty of paspalum over the years in the lawns, but not yarrow. It certainly does stay green, now I know it isn't anything too obnoxious, I will just leave it. At least it will look green, and once mowed it will probably look a bit better, although far too dry to even consider mowing at the moment.

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