Remember the ladybug (or ladybird) I rescued from our yard waste bin the other day? It was in its pupal stage and I had accidentally cut its twig out from under it -- and then taped that twig to an adjoining plant so the insect could continue to grow. Well, I woke up yesterday morning to find it had emerged from its pupa and was resting. It was a very light-orange color and had only barely visible spots.
I checked back again at noon and it looked like this -- much darker and more obviously like a ladybug. Its shell appeared to have hardened and taken on a shinier appearance.
When I looked at 3 p.m., it was gone.
So that's a happy success story. I also lifted four or five ladybug larvae out of the yard waste bag and put them back on garden plants. We gotta encourage these ladybirds to keep down our aphids!
Aside from rescuing insects, yesterday was pretty quiet. It was very warm and dry, and I did a lot of reading and watering.
Some of you asked to see the creamer I bought at Eclectica on Wandsworth Road on Thursday. It's the one on the left, and as I said, I bought it because it seemed a good companion for the one on the right, which I bought 15 years ago right after we moved to London. The new one only cost 50 pence!
Wisdom from some Lucky Pagoda fortune cookies I had with my coffee yesterday afternoon, courtesy of W. Wing Yip PLC of Nechells, Birmingham. They've been hanging around our kitchen for weeks, left over from some forgotten Chinese takeaway.
Last night we finished "The Pitt," and I feel lost without it! We started "Joan" on ITV on the recommendation of blogger Meike from Germany, and I'm liking that so far. I also finally finished "Invasion" (finally!) and I'm still working on "The Lincoln Lawyer." Dave, whose patience with scripted shows has diminished over the years, increasingly just scrolls his Facebook feed while I watch television.
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