Well, it’s all happening in the suburbs on Day 19. For one thing the sun is shining. This is clearly a mistake and normal service will soon be resumed, but for now it is having a very positive effect on the insect life.

There are beetles on the lavender, bees in the roses, and hover flies everywhere:

We also passed an absolutely enormous fungus on the way to the farmer’s market (where was everyone today, it’s normally much busier):

Less happily, when my husband went out with the dog, he found a baby pigeon sitting on the bonnet of the car. Thinking it unlikely that the bird was just hoping for a lift, he called for help. I lifted it on to a nearby tree – with very little resistance on the pigeon’s part – and left it to recover, hoping for the best and fearing the worst.

I tried to give it a fighting chance by keeping an eye on the cat, who was clearly already keeping an eye on something else:

But I’m afraid it didn’t make it ( and this time it had nothing to do with the cat).