The warmer, sunnier weather we were supposed to be getting seems to have wandered away to somewhere else. Still, I shifted more coal, then spent some time cutting back brambles. And then, I found an Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar wandering aimlessly across the concrete. For caterpillars, they're huge, a good 2 inches long, and almost a quarter inch across. I managed to persuade it to climb onto my gloved hand so I could take a closer look, but then it didn't want to get off again and just thrashed about when I tried to coax it onto a plant. Guess it liked my glove. They're quite weighty too.


Only good a small amount of cross stitching done. The light just wasn't good enough and I didn't want to strain my eyes.