grass !

the grass is growing again already

loaded with conkers. then in autumn they are just left on the ground - would never have been left when i was a kid !

interesting use of a screwdriver. note also the old tiles where the birds nest and in the background on the left the new style of tiling that the birds cant get under

another pic of the sorting hat tree

do you notice anything odd about this tree ? all the older trees on the river bank are the same. the trunks are very short. most odd. well actually the reason is that in the early nineties the river eygues flooded and so the mairie rebuilt the river bank much higher than before. but there was a lovely line of trees along the old river bank. what to do ? they built the embankment up round them - very canny !