Grey November...

....and Glimmers of Light

Grey - Grey and Rainy....

....for Weeks and Weeks!

Stormy weather....

A fallen tree...

....our fig tree which has suffered already from two hard winters.

Very sad.

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The only glimmers of light in these grey days....

Nandina domestica

commonly known as nandina, heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, 

native to eastern Asia from the Himalayas to Japan. 

 Despite the common name, it is not a bamboo 

but an erect evergreen shrub up to 2 m (7 ft) tall by 1.5 m (5 ft) wide, 

with numerous, usually unbranched stems growing from ground level. 

The glossy leaves are sometimes deciduous in colder areas, 50–100 cm (20–39 in) long, 

bi- to tri-pinnately compound, with the individual leaflets 4–11 cm (2–4 in) long and 1.5–3 cm broad. 

The young leaves in spring are brightly coloured pink to red before turning green; 

old leaves turn red or purple again before falling. 

The flowers are white, borne in early summer in conical clusters held well above the foliage. 

The fruit is a bright red berry 5–10 mm diameter, 

ripening in late autumn and persisting through the winter, 

the spring and even summer (here at La Pouyette)

and...

Oh, wonder - Oh, wonder!....

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Due to the lack of sun....

my olives are not ripening.

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Then - a few days ago....

...a stripe of light and hope on the horizon




and finally....

a bit of sunshine.....

...and blue sky.

But as quick as the rays of sun appear in the sky...

so quickly have they disappeared...

...and we are back to Grey!

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"Glimmers of light"....

...and my quote of the day:

"Our life is what our thoughts make it"
Marcus Aurelius


A bientôt...

Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Marcus Aurelius
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