This Saturday has skittered by so fast, another blustery aul day too, the wind only dying down by dusk. Heard a robin take the gap then, a brief, but cheery trill and thought I’d best get out for a bit too – rescue the day a bit with a run, even a short one. Not half-way round, the drizzle came to take the place of the gusts; proper soaking rain by the time I was (almost) home. Par for this season’s soggy course. But the day is (damply) better for it all the same. And it’s a proper torrent out there as I write, so my timing wasn’t actually so bad …
And though a photo isn’t possible in the dark, here are some happy ladybirds from this particular route, albeit in daylight and a few weeks back. A whole host of ladybirds busy along this stretch of hedge, making the most of the feast among the abundant ivy flowers. Autumn bounty.
October Ivy & Ladybirds, Cambridge. Photo by Isobel Dixon.
October Ivy & Ladybird, Cambridge. Photo by Isobel Dixon