Expletive!

is what Mrs Pepperpot and I thought we heard, when little Agu emerged from the undergrowth, Attenborough like, with what we think is a Green shield bug nymph (not a stamp, for people older than they choose to declare!).

Well his words were more like " Look at this bug 'ere", but as we are ageing and deaf, we allowed a silent giggle. We then had a little learning to love worms session in the compost heap.

Entomology as a future career? I'm sorry to say I wouldn't encourage him after experiencing the frustrations of a biologist in the real world with a salary to earn. But of course you never know how important our future relations with insects could be in the future.

So the sun shone today and we got a bit carried away gardening and our various infirmities are beginning to ache.

Oh bugger!