it was a bit cooler today, and overcast.


the weather was ideal for garden work, which would be hard to do on hot days otherwise. I started digging the second veggie bed. I got about a third of it done today.


the picture below is a bug I found, I looked them up, and it's Cercopis vulnerata, the black-and-red froghopper. apparently they are one of the best jumpers among the animals, they can jump 70cm / 27 inches high out of their resting position, which is pretty sick for an animal that is less than a cm long!

there were also some cute snails.

