It's easy to see anthills in the vineyard road. The road is covered with gravel of different sorts and colors, most frequently white limestone. The soil beneath that gravel is red clay. The ants dig down into the clay and carry it out of their nest before dumping it around the entrance.
Red clay marks the entrances to this ants' nest.
Our weather forecast predicts highs in the upper 30s through the week and morning lows above 21ºC (about 70ºF). That, after three days of the same, is officially une canicule (heat wave) in our part of France. Ugh. We won't be able to complain that we didn't have a summer this year. August has turned out to be a scorcher, even if it started out cold and rainy.
I had never heard the ants song until I met SG. We’re forecast for 42C-44Cf through Monday. Time for a change.
ReplyDeletemitch, 99 bottles of beer on the wall...
ReplyDeleteOh yes! Also, and the green grass grew all around... on top of old smokey... on top of spaghetti. Just no ants.
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