What's up at home today...?

This weekend at 20 km from my home




The Bol d'Or, a mythical 24-hour international motorcycle race, will take place on the Paul Ricard circuit at Le Castellet on September 15, 16 and 17, 2017.
The first 24-hour motorcycle race in the world, the Bol d'Or is the reference for all motorcycle enthusiasts. At the opening of the FIM Endurance World Championship, 60 teams will compete against each other and return to the finest pages in the history of the Bol d'Or, to the delight of sportsmen and spectators alike.

Today I was the witness of the strongest winds I ever experienced. I just finished
my lunch 1 hour ago and I come into my room, watching an episode of HH and
out of nowhere, in 5 seconds fast winds broke a branch of the cherry tree and
threw my neighbors trampoline, swing and chairs into the fence.

There was no rain at all, but the smell outside was like somewhere it was flooding
with ice rain. I've never seen such wind pick up at this speed in just a few seconds.
The cherry tree will have to be cut soon. We had luck with another cherry tree that
fell down in the late 90's when we moved here. That tree was so big it would've split
the house in two. Luckily it fell on the other side.

Here's some photos from after the wind:

Already 5 dead and 27 wounded in a county west of here.

Did a benchmark on my 3 GPU's to compare, we have come a long way... All the same settings which were way below what the 1070 can handle but otherwise the other cards stood no chance.
BTW lowest fps don't really count because that is caused by a switching moment and has nothing to do with GPU performance.

2009 ASUS GTS 250 1 GB VRAM


2013 GTX 650 Ti Boost 2 GB VRAM


2017 GTX 1070 OC 8GB VRAM

A new one in my collection. This is one of the numerous varieties of Impatiens that do exist. I'm not a specialist (when people see me taking care of plants, they often say that "i'm a true gardener" and i answer "no, i'm a false one") but i believe this is Impatiens hawkeri.

Well, it seems that, as for thanking me to save her life, this one made me a flower...

My mom has this plant too. It's huge and has many flowers in warm seasons, but
during winter it barely survived. This last winter it died. Got some branches from my
aunt and replanted it.