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Amazingly, after the horrors of yesterday, the weather is mild and sunny today. I was just about to Hoover in the spare bedroom (housework has been much neglected, lately), when I saw a tortoiseshell butterfly basking on the bed. It wasn’t at all keen to be caught in the spider catcher and I of course wasn’t keen on damaging its delicate wings. At last I caught and released it, knowing that there are still nectar-providing plants outside. The mystery is: how did it get in, when windows have been firmly closed against the weather?

Date: 2014-01-08 07:50 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] gwendraith.livejournal.com
How very odd (the butterfly, not the sight of you doing housework ;))

Had you been outside and it landed on you and hitched a ride inside?

Date: 2014-01-09 07:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] callmemadam.livejournal.com
Hitched a ride? There's a thought. It will have to remain a mystery.

Date: 2014-01-18 10:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ooxc.livejournal.com
Peacocks hibernate indoors - I don't know if other butterflies do - but it might have been indoors since autumn

Date: 2014-01-19 07:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] callmemadam.livejournal.com
Ugh. I only like butterflies in the garden!

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