When I was a mere strip of a 9 year old, (way way back in the 1950's) I remember posters outside Old Street Police Station, on my way back from school. They weren't there to warn me of Eugene, The Mad Axe Man, or even Spring Heeled Jack; instead I was advised to be vigilant, to study the illustration and to report even a glimmer of a sighting of ... "wanted, the Colorado Beetle". I couldn't find them in Shoreditch then and a few country miles on from there, I still haven't found one in order to claim my bounty; but I've noticed the new, old roses, planted this winter (thanks to the ever efficient Peter Beales nursery in Norfolk) are attracting a winged bug thing: maybe twice the size of a ladybird, black with white spots all over and a slightly more rugged looking texture. they don't bother with the leaves but they certainly love getting inside the multiple petals of the roses. Harmless? I'm not yet sure ... it's only their very first Spring and we did have hailstorms that you would need a hard hat to walk out in, but I'm not convinced that these little creatures are members of the `Friends of the Old, Newly Planted, Roses Society'. Anyone out there familiar with these?
Mama Mia I'm struggling with this new format, but thank you for responding Gala because how else am I going to figure how to get going? Meanwhile, I feel slightly like something out of a Kafka short story: "Lupo has no status". Did i do something bad?
By the heck, I never even got as far as completing my ultra high security password, but here I am on Alma's thread, bound to be more confused than she is ( Ciao Alma, Derbyshire pal; it's me Paulo!) It's good to see some familiar names and yes I won't log out, but where's the Grazie button?
Comments posted
When I was a mere strip of a 9 year old, (way way back in the 1950's) I remember posters outside Old Street Police Station, on my way back from school. They weren't there to warn me of Eugene, The Mad Axe Man, or even Spring Heeled Jack; instead I was advised to be vigilant, to study the illustration and to report even a glimmer of a sighting of ... "wanted, the Colorado Beetle". I couldn't find them in Shoreditch then and a few country miles on from there, I still haven't found one in order to claim my bounty; but I've noticed the new, old roses, planted this winter (thanks to the ever efficient Peter Beales nursery in Norfolk) are attracting a winged bug thing: maybe twice the size of a ladybird, black with white spots all over and a slightly more rugged looking texture. they don't bother with the leaves but they certainly love getting inside the multiple petals of the roses. Harmless? I'm not yet sure ... it's only their very first Spring and we did have hailstorms that you would need a hard hat to walk out in, but I'm not convinced that these little creatures are members of the `Friends of the Old, Newly Planted, Roses Society'. Anyone out there familiar with these?
Mama Mia I'm struggling with this new format, but thank you for responding Gala because how else am I going to figure how to get going? Meanwhile, I feel slightly like something out of a Kafka short story: "Lupo has no status". Did i do something bad?
By the heck, I never even got as far as completing my ultra high security password, but here I am on Alma's thread, bound to be more confused than she is ( Ciao Alma, Derbyshire pal; it's me Paulo!) It's good to see some familiar names and yes I won't log out, but where's the Grazie button?