Tracker
I had an appointment this morning at the eye clinic at Stratford Hospital, where I have to be checked periodically because in a small proportion of people one of the drugs I take for RA can cause retinal damage. Because … Continued
Spray’n’pray
This morning R and I set to and reclaimed the secret garden, which over the spring and summer had become so overgrown that the inaccessible garden would have been a better nickname for it. I wasn’t sure how far we’d … Continued
Good times
The whole family descended on us today – L arrived first, with the Boy Wonder, then an hour and a half later H turned up from the Frozen North, followed almost immediately by G and the Baby Brother. Just before … Continued
Successful
I’m beginning to lose count now, but just based on the number of exuviae I’ve collected, this is at least the tenth successful Southern Hawker emergence this season from our little wildlife pond. That said, for a while I thought … Continued
Relationship
As far as I know, invertebrates don’t go in for existential philosophising, but I can’t help but feel that it must be a little strange to be in a relationship, albeit temporary, with your former skeleton. Though to be fair, … Continued