There is a rather lovely song by the French singer/song writer Laurent Voulzy called Le Pouvoir des Fleurs - basically it is an appeal to improve the world with flowers. it dates from the late 70s or the 80s and while perhaps a bit naïve, it sums up my feeling for today as I went through the week's photos, to see what to put in today's entry. At this time of year, it is all about the flowers, from the carefully bred black iris that has just snuck under the fence from our neighbour...
to the equally intriguing but absolutely wild and uncultivated spider orchid that crops up in a friend's garden in huge numbers. I've not seen so many anywhere else!
Bees are having an absolute orgy with all the blooms - our rather trashy red hot pokers provide a smorgasbord for insects of all sorts.
The peonies, although I only have one in flower, but more generally, are the favourite source of sugar for ants I am told.
On Friday, and in perfect weather, I had a trip over to Chinon, and while wandering around the mediaeval centre, found Rabelais directing people to one of his wine caves!
And now I must sort myself out to start my shift at the bar (behind the bar) for the village trout fishing day. Next week's blog could be full of photos of happy punters pulling trout out of a rather lovely lake on a magnificent sunny day, and hoary peasants supping beer and rosé at the bar, or I could be too busy to take any photos at all! We'll see!
Have a good week!
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