And yet more wildlife...
Ken spotted this lesser stag beetle climbing up through my snow-in-summer
spiraea while we were out trying to decide where to plant the
berberis thunbergii Golden Ring he picked up at Wyevale's Garden Centre. Why it was heading skywards we've no idea, they usually live under logs, and Ken's suggestion that perhaps it was some sort of mating thing and the beetle was going to take off was proved wrong when the beastie turned around and began to climb back down. [shrug] Maybe he just fancied a change of view?
Big thing it was, though, must have been over an inch long. (Yes, OK, that's big for the UK...)
So, hectic day yesterday. Sue came back with some queries re two
FL chapters, which took me a while to revise. Ken took Kai to Wyevale to buy some TumbleWeed weedkiller (I hate using it, but I hate having my plants strangled by bindweed even more) and to look at shrubs for the garden. Our next door neighbours have a beautiful deep red
berberis, and we thought, since it does so well there, it would be successful here too. We also wanted something prickly to put off anyone tempted to jump down from the wall at the back where the now rapidly dying apple tree is, and this seemed ideal. (Ken now wants two more, differently coloured ones, to cover the rest of the wall. I think it's a great idea...)
So I worked while they were out, planning to have a nap after dinner. But by the time I served up, it was late - Strange was on TV, followed by Medium (which we'd already seen, dammit). And after that
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love was on. And very distracting it proved too. Gorgeous film, both visually and storywise, and one I'd like to see again. I swear Maya's sari/costumes reflected what was happening in the film at the time.
Gone midnight by the time that finished, so I was a little later than intended continuing the revision of
H 11... I finished it though, at least the first draft. Got to bed around 3 am, thinking I'd have at least three cycles before I had to get up to take Kai in, only to be woken a couple of hours later by a
torrential thunderstorm, thunder and lightning and rain that filled both our pools to the brim in no time flat. Bit difficult sleeping through that lot. And after the school run and (yet again) carrying too much shopping home, I'm now knackered. Just hope this all makes sense to you...
Ken took the photo of the slowworm while I was out this morning - looks like it's pregnant!
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
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