tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post469170550679596361..comments2024-03-29T00:28:38.155+00:00Comments on Nigeness: An AfternoonNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-14278882789150913592010-04-13T10:47:20.259+01:002010-04-13T10:47:20.259+01:00These were bee flies indeed, Susan - they are arou...These were bee flies indeed, Susan - they are around, tho I only noticed my first when I was already in my 20s. Guess I'm sensitised to them now - amazing creatures... <br />Brit - exactly.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-82378715238939428452010-04-12T22:49:46.475+01:002010-04-12T22:49:46.475+01:00Is Bombylius another name for the hoverfly? Much r...Is Bombylius another name for the hoverfly? Much rarer is the bee fly - I've only ever seen one, which I kept in a matchbox (in my childhood - obviously this would now be illegal, even though the insect was dead). The bee fly is old fashioned (possibly extinct?) and featured in <a href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/58255/bee-fly" rel="nofollow">Encylopedia Britannica</a> - click on the link out of curiosity - perhaps the door to door salesmen have all died off by now, but you may be subject to a zillion spam emails, who knows...<br /><br />Fritillaries are so rare and delicate and detailed and mysteriously dark purple and divine: If I were a celebrity, I'd probably want to be one in my next life.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179895758709928467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-30049401757183717772010-04-12T14:09:50.087+01:002010-04-12T14:09:50.087+01:00That's exactly the trouble with vicars, always...That's exactly the trouble with vicars, always drawing lessons.<br /><br /><i>[After the Simpsons receive a large idol head of Xtapolapocetl, the Olmec god of war, as a reward from Burns.] <br />Marge: The moral of this story is a good deed is its own reward. <br /><br />Bart: Hey, we got a reward. The head is cool! <br /><br />Marge: Well then... I guess the moral is no good deed goes unrewarded. <br /><br />Homer: Wait a minute! If I hadn't written that nasty letter, we wouldn't have gotten anything! <br /><br />Marge: Well... then I guess the moral is the squeaky wheel gets the grease. <br /><br />Lisa: Perhaps there is no moral to this story. <br /><br />Homer: Exactly! It's just a bunch of stuff that happened. </i>Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.com