This is just a quick follow-up on yesterday's post.Remember I mentioned we had a major aphid problem on the calendula ? Well no more. The litle guy in the photo below is my hero.More specifically, him and his army of mates. He's a ladybird larva, and aphids are his favourite food.

June has arrived with a belt of rain here in the south of England. The upside is that it saves us a huge amount of time (and money) watering things. The downside is that temperatures are a good 5-10 degrees cooler than is usual at this time of year.

This post was inspired by a writing prompt created by @allentaylor - you can find it HEREImage by Anil sharma from PixabayThe screen flashed, indicating to watchers all across the country that the approved government news bulletin of the day was being streamed. It automatically paused whatever else people were watching or doing on their devices. After all, the government had to make sure their citizens received the right news. It's not like people had much else to watch anyway, now that AI had replaced most of their jobs.

This is a very belated #SaturdaySavers update.... I was away at a re-enactment event over the weekend, and the plan of doing an update when I got back on Sunday evening was overtaken by the need to dunk myself in Voltarol from the neck down and wait for the aches to subside.

This post was inspired by a writing prompt in the Scholar and Scribe community - Literary Games #1: Writing Challenge – ‘Whispers Before the Flood’Enjoy !Image by 🌼Christel🌼 from PixabayIt was the seismic monitors that picked it up first. An event somewhere in the Himalayas that make the needles jump and skitter on seismometers halfway around the world.

Welcome to the next in an ongoing series of writing prompts in the Worldbuilding community ! I'm aiming to post one of these each Sunday. They aren't a replacement for the excellent daily prompts from @worldbuilding they're just an extra opportunity if you have a writing itch you want to scratch. 😀