Bugs!

This beautiful gold-on-black beetle was on the spent hollyhocks I was cutting down.

While I was working in the garden, a very large insect flew into Clare's hair. She said she recognized it from her Prehistoric Mega-Beasts pop-up book. She said, " it was the Meganeura, and we must warn the townspeople!" (I think we read to her too much!)

So, in case you don't know, the meganeura was the largest insect ever, with a 2 ft. wingspan. Maybe warning the townspeople is not a bad idea.