Mosaic Monday # 82 - a surprising few days

The biggest surprise here this past week has been the scorching weather we've been experiencing since Tuesday, making this the hottest April in Normandy since records began.

It was lovely to sit outside midmorning Wednesday with a cup of coffee browsing through a gardening magazine and planning which herbs to grow.

In the afternoon the SP surprised me with these sweet treats.

Thursday brought another lovely surprise, the cows came back to their summer home in the field next door.

The house martins which take up residence in the nests that previous families have made, in the rafters over the garage, arrived too making Thursday extra special.

They fly so fast and the nests are so up high that it's impossible for me to photograph them.

image courtesy RSPB

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.Website
On Saturday morning we enjoyed petit dejeuner outside before heading off to a vide grenier in a nearby town, in the afternoon the temperature climbed to 28 C that's over 82 F!

I didn't uncover any hidden gems at the vide grenier but there were lots of pots and rusty old tools to be had if I'd needed any.

Early evening brought a terrific downpour followed by thunder and lightening and more rain.
Sunday was cooler so we decided to take a trip to the beach for our walk, there were quite a few tourists about taking advantage of the beautiful weather, the forecast for the coming week however is for temperatures closer to those which we normally expect in April.