Thing i didn't know i needed: butterfly net

[elainegrey]

I have used the butterfly net three times in the past week and a half since returning from travel. Two evenings i scooped up flying bugs in the living room and evacuated them. Just now i scooped up a vole that presumably Edward had brought in and evacuated it (to the front of the property, away from my fruit trees).

I don't mind Edward eating voles -- outside. But this one looked (relatively) uninjured as Edward tracked it going back and forth along the base of the wall.

We have moths and other flying bugs in because they are attracted to the lights through the window of the deck door and, as Carrie comes and goes, the flying critters come and go as well.

It's been so easy to capture the critters and get them outside with the net. I'd gotten it because we leave the door open on the screened in porch for the cats to come and go, but i've used it inside more than in the porch so far. I think i could even scoop up a snake with it. Maybe. The rat snake that was in the house was quite large.

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[annie_r]

A butterfly net, genius. I will look for one. I don't get many flying things in the house, but when I do, if the cats don't get them, I will wait for them to land on something I can cover with a plastic cup and slide an envelope under, and put them back outside. I managed it with a lizard the other day that was hiding under some tissue paper that the cats like playing with, and they were just toying with the poor thing.

btw I may have killed some of the ferns. One I had left in the pot you gave me, and it was doing well until I forgot to water it while the roofers were here. Trying to bring it back. One of the others is in the ground but it's so clay-ey? (??) that it's not thriving. Thing to put on the list: take a photo of the plant (that I have 2 of) that has done very well, but I forgot the name, to show you and see if you recognize. I didn't like them much at first, but they have survived lack of sun and care, and all critters, so I should get a bunch of them to fill in the shady bare spots. They have earned my admiration.

[elainegrey]

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The ferns probably won't thrive until next year. There's a saying about perennial plants that essentially points out that the first and second years the plants don't look like they are doing anything: their energy is going into underground growth. I do look forward to seeing the survivor plant!