The sun tan parlours are going to be inundated now!

Mrs. Wozhere said, "while you are out keep a lookout for some toilet rolls." She was astonished when I came home carrying a pack of 18 of them!

Don't forget your boots. It's really soggy out there. The blackthorn bushes are in flower right now and make marvelous subjects. You might be lucky and find a winter cherry, which is even nicer. Also, until April, you will find Crimson Elf Cup fungi (Google it) on rotting branches on the forest floor, usually with bright green moss surrounding it. And when you get home WASH YOUR HANDS thoroughly because you will have touched all manner of things while you were out.

An odd one (perhaps) is the SMC Pentax-A 50mm MACRO (if you can find one). Superb walkabout lens that's wonderful from 4inches to infinity. Plenty of Takumar 5omm 1.4s out there, as there are A series 50mms. The F and the FA 50mm are good too if you want AF. No need to buy an expensive modern job at all.
Now and then you see the Tamron 28 - 200 AF zoom (model A03). The Pentax 28 - 200 is the exact same lens (they rebadged it from Tamron). This is quite amazing for its price. If you see one, buy it.

Think you need a fresh topic for that one? Do they bite?

Good idea for getting it right. It worked well.

I don't know if you have succeeded in capturing what you saw but the image we've got here is quite sufficient. The deep, rich colours are wonderful.

Is it a pupa or an exuvia? I don't know their full life cycles.

THERE IS NO LONGER ANY GRAVITY, NEITHER HARD NOR SOFT.

Those who are into Terry Pratchet books will recognise Pastor Oats and Constable Visit at once as fantastic (but mildly sympathetic) caricatures of the doorstep evangelist types!