We saw some of these yesterday. They are amazing: not only do they look wild and wonderful; they also eventually become beautiful peacock butterflies AND they eat nettles. I do like caterpillars, and these are particularly good ones.


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We switched the light off to go to sleep last night and everything was good and dark (thanks to the new curtains)... I was just drifting off when I heard a quiet, scrabbling, rustling sound, like something nestling in paper. I switched the light on, then there was no sound, so we tried to sleep again. Then it re-started, and this time s heard it ( Read more... )

so far this morning i have discovered what a 'truss' is with reference to tomatoes, swam outside in gentle rain, exchanged pre-wedding (not mine) emails and eaten a piece of bread.

when i'm working at home i sit in front of the window because it's the best light. we're opposite a shop and a side road so there's always lots of comings and goings. but the ones that distract me most are those to the house across the road. an old lady lives there, and she gets picked up by old people ambulances / has nurse or meals on wheels ( Read more... )

1. I think I can now call myself 'Dr.'.

2. I might join Facebook later, if I can be bothered.

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yuk, yuk, yuk.

506 pages.

now i have to read one more time...

Can anyone suggest a nice/cheap place to stay in Paris?

I just found the strangest thing in the corridor at work ( Read more... )

yesterday, dinnertime ( Read more... )