yesterdays redstarts

 Photographed these Redstarts yesterday when there was still a sun in the sky; today, Tillings residents were woken by a hail storm with lumps of ice between a chick pea and an olive in size (Ians description)
That woke most of us up just after dawn - by the time I had walked the dog round the block they were still on the ground, refusing to melt in a very ominous manner.

 And now there is just a grey drizzle, rather lovely but a bit cold.

Oswald the tortoise is wet and refusing to gambol about the yard as she usually does at this time.

All very worrying.

On the plus side, managed to re-store the paintings in Rue des Jardins so that Ryan and Alicia can move in there tomorrow. Feel very capable:)