Chicory

Wild chicory has sprung up all along our alley. It looks good first thing in the morning but its peculiarity is that the leaves close up as soon as the sun gets onto them. The flowers were wide open when I left for the market at 7:45 am but firmly closed when I returned. Both the tennis lesson and French conversation were cancelled due to the heat. I took the opportunity of a free day to do some sorting out in the workshop and storeroom and then went down to the tip.