Deadly pollen alert! & better weather here today

The express is back to the "health thing" this morning, the problem is pollen from the "ragweed" plant which has come over from Europe.  I guess it must be part of some EU quota!
The pollen from this plant was detected on several consecutive days last year and "experts" believe it might flourish in Southern Britain due to the changing climate - - - as a bit of an "extra" health kick the front page also has "your ten step plan to prevent type 2 diabetes" - - -

after the floods in the Southern Plains area of the US a deadly tornado strikes around the Mexico/US border with reports of 13 dead and a story of a mother having her baby ripped from her arms during the storm - - -

The Heatwave in India reckons to have killed 500 so far - - - In the link the BBC weather forecaster intimates that the 48c temperatures are not uncommon as the continent builds up to the start of the South West Monsoon period.

as a consequence of this the normally sunny Maldives are experiencing rain.  This pic of the resort of Kurudu shows a huge rain cloud dropping its rain into the ocean some way off - - - it would be hugely disappointing to spend all that money going to the Maldives and have this type of weather! - - -

Closer to home the weather is a little brighter today

the current Temp is already in double figures and the windspeed is low 

 although the cloud has been rather grey early on it looks quite benign right now

 as part of our "Sky Terrace" project we bought a Cherry Tree and a Honeysuckle yesterday

here Sally "waters in" the honeysuckle while i stand back and admire my tree positioning 

as usual our resident squirrel is plundering the peanuts for its breakfast - - - 

The current problem with data transfer from our birdfeeder and weathercam camera's is still perplexing me.  I discovered yesterday that leaving the screen up on the old machine seemed to allow transfer OK.  This is with the machine being told that it should do nothing when the lid is closed?  

When the data cable breakage occurred i switched the machine to wifi and left it on when i repaired the cable.  I have switched it off and closed the screen now and it seems to be working.  I guess it could be a long process of elimination before i find the cause! - - -

Enjoy the day 

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