Afternoon denizens 
Another grey, showery day; around 15° out there, and down to 22.5° in the living room
Another grey, showery day; around 15° out there, and down to 22.5° in the living room
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It was nice enough.Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
Currently watching The World at War with that nice Larry Olivier doing his narrating thing.
It's sunny and 23.6 in here.
Oh, they're advertising the remade missing eps of Dad's Army.
Good to see that the Septics are up to their old tricks in the "friendly fire" game.
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Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 28 July 2019, 12:19.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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I checked the ragwort when I was locking the gate after shopping on Friday, and lo! the caterpillar was happily nestled on thereOriginally posted by NickFitz View PostJust been out the back, where I spotted a cinnabar moth caterpillar (one of those tiger-like ones, yellow and black hoops) making its way over the dusty cobbles, which aren't exactly its natural environment.
They feed on ragwort, but most of the ragwort out there has died away over the last couple of years (possibly due to being eaten by cinnabar moth caterpillars). Hunting around, I found a surviving plant down near the doctor's back gate, so I've given the caterpillar a lift over to it. Probably means there'll be no ragwort at all next year, but there you go
(N.B. I can't actually prove it was the same caterpillar, but it was the only one there so it would be a bit of a coincidence if it wasn't. Also, they probably don't experience emotions such as happiness.)Comment
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Local ragwort is totally caterpillar free.Originally posted by NickFitz View PostI checked the ragwort when I was locking the gate after shopping on Friday, and lo! the caterpillar was happily nestled on there
(N.B. I can't actually prove it was the same caterpillar, but it was the only one there so it would be a bit of a coincidence if it wasn't. Also, they probably don't experience emotions such as happiness.)
Sunday afternoon shop done.
Didn't seem to be much to buy this afternoon, probably because I shop during the week.
23.4 in here.
I've just opened the windows to get a bit of breeze through to take away the smell of the cooking.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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on feeding the livestock this morning, i discovered that, apart from goldfish and the frogs wot buggered of earlier in the month, i also have Newts in the ditch.Originally posted by NickFitz View PostI checked the ragwort when I was locking the gate after shopping on Friday, and lo! the caterpillar was happily nestled on there
(N.B. I can't actually prove it was the same caterpillar, but it was the only one there so it would be a bit of a coincidence if it wasn't. Also, they probably don't experience emotions such as happiness.)
a proper wildlife sanctuary in this little corner of sarf herts.
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Originally posted by greenlake View PostThis time next year, Rodders….
no bears or raccoons in sarf herts AFAIK.Comment
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Bacon butty for lunch, Nigel Slater style: soft white bread, quickly fried on the inside after cooking the bacon, to give the assemblage added crunch
Still grey and raining and 15° out, which is fine by me
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^^^ Sunny. 23.0.
When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Was watching Natural World on BBC about Hippos. They flick their tails while they are having a tulip and scatter it everywhere to mark their territory. Why can't we do that instead of having to fork out a fee to the Land Registry Office?bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
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