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  • Sunflowers And Bees

    Sunflowers And Bees

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteSometimes you go for a walk and you see sunflowers and bees. The bees love the sunflowers and sometimes the volume of bees is so great that you can hear a swarm, or even many swarms of them. Each one picks up a little nectar before moving on to the next.…

  • Looking At Sunflowers

    Looking At Sunflowers

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMost people go and take pictures from the front rather than from the back of sunflowers. I like to be different because it’s more interesting. Taking pictures from the front is easy now. All phone makers have made it easy. It’s good to do things differently and to stay creative. I…

  • Announced Rain and Storms

    Announced Rain and Storms

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThey often announce rain and storms and we often get very little of either. The weather here is dry. The little rain that did fall was sandy. Farmers have harvested their crops but so far the rain is not worrying.

  • Grains – Harvesting Before the Rain

    Grains – Harvesting Before the Rain

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAccording to my watch, and farmers, a storm is coming. That’s why they are busy trying to harvest all the grain before it hits. At this time of year you can watch the combine harvesters harvesting all the fields and collecting grain. You can then see tractors following up and gathering…

  • Walking Down The Jura

    Walking Down The Jura

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I woke up and instead of cycling up to see this view and have a meal I decided to do the opposite. I would walk down. Two or three summers ago I walked up and they took four or five hours. Walking down is much easier. One or two bits are…

  • A nice day for a ride

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen the weather is good and there is no wind it makes sense to go for a bike ride. The roads were quiet for the most part but a few cars still passed too close and too fast. The challenge is to find the quietest, least dangerous route. I am still…

  • The Landscape

    The Landscape

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe view is not as good as sometimes. A few clouds but with the haze hiding the Alps today.

  • Grapes and Apples

    Grapes and Apples

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI have seen combine harvesters at work over the last two days. Yesterday I saw them harvesting colza, and today I saw them harvesting wheat. At the moment you see grapes that are still in a juvenile state, and apples that look a little more mature, growing on their respective plants. When…

  • Relaxing Cows – The Right Crowd To Be With During A Pandemic

    Relaxing Cows – The Right Crowd To Be With During A Pandemic

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring a pandemic it makes sense to go to the mountains and it makes sense to walk where you have space to the left and right to keep social distancing. Today I saw the cows near St Cergue and they were all sitting and relaxing, chewing the cud, waiting for the tourist…

  • Rain and Water Tables

    Rain and Water Tables

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is an article on Swiss Radio and Television that discusses the positive impact that the flooding has had on the water tables. For several years not only have we had warm weather but we have also gone with very little or no rain for months at a time. During some weeks…