Mr C was clearing the pathways, making them a little bit wider to let the sunshine in over the winter. I spotted a dragonfly and was chasing it round the garden. It kept flying upstream but returning and doing laps of our garden and next door. It was really difficult – as it is with all flying things – until they settle. The dragonfly wasn’t settling. There is a dragonfly in the picture somewhere – out of focus – but I liked this picture, so I decided to post it anyway.
Mr C first spotted this caterpillar in the grass where he was clearing the pathways. When his back was turned the caterpillar made its way onto his stool. With a buff stripe down its back, and its sides studded with black tufts and buttons, it has to be the caterpillar of the white ermine moth. Unfortunately, I can’t count this one, as I have already seen the moth.