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Apartment living

This is a monument to the industry of the mud dauber wasp.

Unfortunately it can’t stay there, on the lid of our pool motor filter...http://www.anysubject.com/apartment-living

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Caterpillar circuit

I found this caterpillar in the cauliflower – hardly camouflaged at all.

After the meal it climbed onto the oven dish...http://www.anysubject.com/caterpillar-circuit

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Gazing into the flames

Flames dancing in the hearth.

Drawing the eye, dominating the room...http://www.anysubject.com/gazing-into-the-flames

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Number Two

This isn’t a random marking on the head of Galileo, our youngest dog.

It’s a number two...http://www.anysubject.com/number-two

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Bug or beetle?

This is called a fire bug (or firebug). It’s also called a fire beetle.

So what’s the difference and which is it?...http://www.anysubject.com/bug-or-beetle

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Brick or stone?

Which is more frustrating?

To be stonewalled, or to be up against a brick wall?...http://www.anysubject.com/brick-or-stone

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Lifting my eyes to the hills

The blue in the distance is our view of the foothills of the Apennines.

Mountains rather than hills, though no-one seems to be quite sure when one becomes the other...http://www.anysubject.com/lifting-my-eyes-to-the-hills

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The last drop

“Good down to the last drop.”

What’s wrong with the last drop?...http://www.anysubject.com/the-last-drop

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In defence of fennel

You can have too much of a good thing, can’t you?

Let wild fennel seed and you’ve got a fennel garden. Congratulations ...http://www.anysubject.com/in-defence-of-fennel

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Eye candy

Orange and blue - complementary colours.

Kingfisher breast and wing ...http://www.anysubject.com/eye-candy

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Accommodation

This is efficient sharing of warmth.

Body fits with body, scarcely touching, not restricting ...http://www.anysubject.com/accommodation

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Snail mail

Send your letter by email and it arrives practically instantaneously.

Send it by ‘snail mail’ and it’s going to take a day or more at least, as it wends its way through the postal system ...http://www.anysubject.com/snail-mail

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Alliteration

Fig flies and walnut worms – just a fact of life at the moment.

But I wasn’t prepared for wasp wickedness ...http://www.anysubject.com/alliteration

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Olive branch

In the photo – more like an olive twig.

But probably as much weight as a dove could safely carry ...http://www.anysubject.com/olive-branch

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Autumn Lady's Tresses

A slender orchid growing alone in the un-mown part of the olive grove.

A plait of tiny lilies to bind a lady’s brow ...http://www.anysubject.com/autumn-ladys-tresses

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The name of the rose

I don’t know its name, sadly.

Perhaps the Garden Centre does because they recommended it and have the same sort growing by their gate ...http://www.anysubject.com/the-name-of-the-rose

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Galileo and the pea

Our little spaniel Galileo is no princess.

He certainly wouldn’t feel a pea under all that bedding, piled up there while the floor’s being washed ...http://www.anysubject.com/galileo-and-the-pea