Monday Mystery

After it being 'one of those days' I have finally got round to writing this post. Then I find I haven't even transferred the new photo to the laptop. Oh well, all done and ready now (I hope). Last week I showed:



To the best of my knowledge the correct answers were given by Wilma and Ragged Robin. As far as I can remember I have a couple of these which were advertised as containing tiny fossils of creatures which died in the seas millions of years ago. Thanks to all who had a go at guessing.

This week's close view may well be easier to work out.



If you would like to have go at guessing please leave your guess in the comments. They will be revealed, with the answer, next Monday.

Unidentified Bug

A group of dwarf marigolds needed dead heading. On one I spotted an insect I had not seen before today. For quite a while I thought it was a fly but looking at the poor photos I managed to get I think it may be more likely to be a weevil or similar.





The greenish V shape on its back should have made it easy to identify but an hour or so scouring the 'net' has proved so far to be fruitless.

Monday Mystery

Last week's close view ...



... didn't fool Kev Scott and Ragged Robin who both sussed out it was part of a cricket practice net.



Well done to both and my thanks to all who had a guess.

Struggling to find something I was totally satisfied with for this week but here goes.



What, in general terms, made the patterns in this rock? As always, if you would like to make a guess please leave it in the comments. They will be revealed, with the answer, next Monday.

Gardeners' Friend

Where I used to have two Hedgehogs visit the feeding station every night I now see just one which visits two or three nights a week. Early this morning the visitor earned its free meal when it found some natural food - a nice bug juicy slug.



That is one less to worry about! No sound from this camera.

A Tad on the Warm Side

I was reading about the local highways department sending out their hot weather gritter to spread a thin layer of sand on roads where the tarmac is melting and thought what is it like here?

The ambient air temperature seems to have peaked about 38C so I took a couple of photos looking up the lane where I live.

A screen shot displaying the Seek thermal imaging camera view and measurements alongside as near a match I could get of the same view in visible light:


The temperatures for each colour in the IR photo are shown down the left hand side. Lane surface up to 59C! Nice cool hedges on the shade side.

Ellen D. ... an apology. I found your missing comment in the spam folder. Chances are I carelessly hit the wrong icon. Now rectified and published.

Monday Mystery

At last it is cooling down a bit here as we head towards nightfall. Now 28C, down from a peak of 36.6C. Anyway, on to the subject of this post. Last week's picture:



was correctly identified by Wilma - well done Wilma - as



containing a scented candle. My thanks to others who had a guess.

This time I have been looking outdoors for something different.



This wheel is a small part of ...... what?

If you would like to make a guess please leave it in the comments. They will be revealed, with the answer, next Monday.

Monday Mystery

It seems that



turned aout to be more difficult than I expected. Here it is in all its glory ..



An egg tray from a refrigerator. Thank you to those who had a look and made a guess. I wonder how difficult this week's mystery object will be to guess. What do you think this was designed to contain?



If you would like to make a guess please leave it in the comments. They will be revealed, with the answer, next Monday.