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Given the nice weather lately I went over to Government House last evening. They have some nice gardens there and I thought they would be freshly planted but unfortunately nothing's in the ground yet.
The building itself was built in 1913. It's quite nice.
As you can see though the gardens were completely empty.
Just a few perennials pushing up.
The only flowers were these potted ones by the main entrance.
Even the grass itself was still rather brown.
There was however a lawn on the west side of the complex that was fully green and springlike complete with dandelions.
There are also some nice views of the river valley from up there.
Overall rather disappointing, other parts of the city are further ahead. However, with the forecast for 30°C for Friday we should start to see green all over the place.
Good photos Ed. I like the govt building it has a very stately look to it.
Maybe that grass is watered regularly vs other grass areas. Are you guys in a sort of drought? If you have dandelions the grass shouldn't be brown I would think unless dry conditions maybe.
Thanks, seems Pinus sylvestris makes up 29% of that forest if I got that right. Very impressive range for Scots pine, from central France to the mountains in Norway even making up the treeline in some continental valleys, and also growing north of the Arctic Circle up to 70 N like in Alta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta,_Norway
You'll find them on sandy soils here, and there are many around Paris. Otherwise they're confined to colder areas like mountains. It's an impressively tough species, that's for sure (and it's a shame as I don't like them ).
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Given the nice weather lately I went over to Government House last evening. They have some nice gardens there and I thought they would be freshly planted but unfortunately nothing's in the ground yet.
Beautiful pics, were you using the same camera? Must be unreal to get a 30°C high together with brown grass and bare trees. Must happen rather regularly in places like Oklahoma though.
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Havent had time to compare but I think we are about the same. Maybe couple days behind? Nothing too drastic so hard to tell. About normal.
Yeah I remember it looking at bit like this, a tad more advanced on Long Island this time last year. I assume suburban LI is usually a few days ahead of your neck of the woods?
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Also, is that a Catepillar Web? Gross is right. I thought was a spider at first but web looks thick as heck. Do Catepillars do that?
Yeah caterpillar web. Probably tent caterpillars? Honestly I haven't seen as many in one place before, it was a continuous, 30-meter long "development". Yuck. There are many webs on pines in southeastern France. Those are worse as they cause itching: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_processionary
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That one is my favorite road pic. Would love views like that around here. Pretty cool to hear "canola" fields. No idea about the crop as far as harvesting ect.
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Isn't canola rapeseed?
Yeah I meant rapeseed. I've seen a Canadian mentioning canola fields before, thought it was called canola in the US, it's only the oil that's called so, right?
While I'm at it, I'm going to post the rest of the photos. South of Lyon:
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Full overcast
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Old snow on the Massif Central side (west):
Fresher snow on the Alps (east):
Lots of orchards in the lower Rhône valley. There were fire buckets to prevent frost.
Love love the photos with the coast and the snowcapped mountains. It is stunning. Also love all the palmy photos. Great shots. How long of a drive is it?
It's about 580 miles. Feels weird to see palms again (well, palms that aren't trachys ). Some queen palms look terrible, might have to do with this winter's chilly lows.
Beautiful pics, were you using the same camera? Must be unreal to get a 30°C high together with brown grass and bare trees. Must happen rather regularly in places like Oklahoma though.
Yeah, was using the same camera. Most of the other grass in town is green like the green photo. No lack of moisture here either, think that lawn is just taking extra time to wake up. Like you said though, bare trees and hot weather: strange combo but it happens from time to time in most parts of North America I would say.
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First palms. Cloudless skies of course.
Where was this? Where's the "palm line" in France?
No clue what it is, but it's green. That's all that matters!
Hmmm... This larch tree looks like it has a green tint... I wonder why!
Oh that's why!
Some bird cherries are so close to popping now! If only next week wouldn't have like all 5'C days... Hopefully 19'C tomorrow will do something at least!
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Of course I'm cherry picking the bird cherries. Most only look like this:
Either way, the buds are very very obviously green and can be seen from like a hundred meters away. Doesn't really show on my phone camera though as it doesn't do very well after 9pm...
This one is completely wild though in a grove, and is doing rather well.
This one's the clear winner though!
Although most leaves are still red for some reason...
It's annoying, because if it weren't for the fact that the leaves themselves aren't really very green, the tree would look a lot greener. Now it doesn't though.
This birch also doesn't seem too far away from popping...
That is if the upcoming week would have normal temperatures. As it stands now, it won't pop within this "heat window", and will probably have to wait over a week until temps turn normal.
That being said, the only area where palms are ubiquitous would be a 10-km wide strip along the Mediterranean shores. It's also the only spot where you'd see less hardy types like, for example, queen palms or king palms (and the latter can only be seen on the Riviera as it's milder than, say, the Languedoc coast, even flipping Marseille has seen a -10°C high before!). You don't see washingtonias outside this strip either.
Merritt Parkway. Beautiful day with temps in the low 60s and dew points in the 30s. And now we wait for the rain tomorrow.
Speaking of rain... Might as well throw this down right before it. Ironite.
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