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into. There was a brief stand-off, then it bolted. The bristling cats padded nervously about for a few minutes, then came indoors doing that nonchalant shrug thing, which means 'Pah, you should have seen the other guy'.When we first moved to south

on the door handle and seemed to peer longingly inside. It always flew off if I opened the door, and never once flew indoors if we left the door ajar. What was going on?I've never really got to the bottom of this. The only thought was that it might have been

of clustering together in large groups, sometimes in huge knots, in lofts, lean-tos, greenhouses or elsewhere indoors, usually close up against a window frame. Here they remain until driven out again by the new March sunshine. And here they are

, it was the woodworm beetles indoors that fascinated me most. Technically they weren't in the garden, but they were so impressive that I can't resist going on about them. They were, after all, Britain's largest and most sinister woodworm — the death

though and I doubt the fire crackers and rook scarers we bought in the Montbard Market did much to entice them out into the open.Sunday 15th Very heavy rain today so we'll be making use of the heated indoor pool. When I open the door a fledgling bird