8 - 14 September 2008


Having Carl and Rebecca in the house is like having the Monty Python argument/contradiction sketch playing on a loop. Simon joined in the fray to debate at length whether this, hovering around our balcony flowers in the warm sun (see photo), is a humming bird or a moth. Finally a perfect compromise was arrived at - it is a humming-bird moth usually found in lowlands and Mediterranean countries. Two days later the temperature dropped to 4 degrees and snow is covering the mountains. I expect the humming-bird moth has gone home.