First days of Autumn
The frenzy of dragonflies the last couple of weeks has gone.
I was just boasting to a friend in Sydney that I hadn’t been bitten by a leech this spring and summer, being dry until recently, when a few hours later I felt something cold, and just in time got it off my ankle. I now dislike leeches since half the time I get bitten I have to take antibiotics.
The nights are louder with crickets –