‘I bet it will cool down for Bonfire Night,’ said Mel. ‘It’s
always cold on Bonfire Night.’
Sure enough, it has cooled down a lot, and the BBC weather
forecast for the week gives the first frost of the autumn on Wednesday night –
Bonfire Night – after which it should turn milder again. I wonder how it knows.
* * *
Today’s little mystery was the finding of a Shield Bug
crawling down a wall in my office this afternoon. The last time I saw a Shield
Bug was during the hot, dry summer of 2006, when there were several of them
apparently enjoying the parched conditions in the garden. What this one was
doing in my office on a cool day in November I have no idea.
He was a handsome little chap, black and sage green on the back
with pale green underparts, and was quite happy wandering around my hand for a
while. I named him Harry, because that’s what he looked like, and then returned
him to the wild to search for whatever Shield Bugs eat.
And I seem to be dredging the bottom of that old barrel
again.
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