Ladybird (63)
A few years back,I found a ladybird in my front garden ON NEW YEAR'S DAY!!!!!!!!!
This is totally TRUE.It was bitterly cold and there she was.
I took it as a sign from the universe that I was going to have the BEST YEAR EVER.
It can't have been that bad actually,'cause I don't remember it............
This is totally TRUE.It was bitterly cold and there she was.
I took it as a sign from the universe that I was going to have the BEST YEAR EVER.
It can't have been that bad actually,'cause I don't remember it............
And here I thought a post on Lady Bird Johnson...doh! %)
Much better one of our feathered creatures! Nice ode...
Much better one of our feathered creatures! Nice ode...
I just love to feel the ladybird crawling on my fingers...so cute little things, aren't they..
Ladybirds are little insects........that eat even littler insects.That's actually just one of the reasons that I love them so.
They don't have feathers but they have wings and they can fly......
They don't have feathers but they have wings and they can fly......
We used to say this rhyme as kids....
"Ladybird ladybird fly away home,
Your house is on fire and your children are gone,
All except one and that's little Ann,
For she crept under the frying pan...."
Situational Nursery Rhyme
"Ladybird, ladybird" would be chanted by a small child when this pretty, little, inoffensive insect landed on their person. If the ladybird did not fly away of its own accord the child would gently blow it away chanting "Ladybird Ladybird fly away home". This insect is commonly found every summer in the gardens of Britain - the most common colour is red with black spots, less common are the yellow variety. This nursery rhyme is purely situational and has no basis in history for its origins.
"Ladybird ladybird fly away home,
Your house is on fire and your children are gone,
All except one and that's little Ann,
For she crept under the frying pan...."
Situational Nursery Rhyme
"Ladybird, ladybird" would be chanted by a small child when this pretty, little, inoffensive insect landed on their person. If the ladybird did not fly away of its own accord the child would gently blow it away chanting "Ladybird Ladybird fly away home". This insect is commonly found every summer in the gardens of Britain - the most common colour is red with black spots, less common are the yellow variety. This nursery rhyme is purely situational and has no basis in history for its origins.
This thread made me smile ..... We also get the little ladybirds here,but more prolific is a longish beetle, yellow with black dots, that eats roses........
.... The old lady next door, who has beautiful rose bushes, was getting ready to spray around her property, and chatting to my 6yr old grand-daughter.... who loves insects, she calls them her natural pets, result of my have brainwashing about not keeping creatures in cages.
The kid was horrified that the old lady was going to Poison the beetles! and offered to collect them all in glass jars and take them away.... this kept kid occupied for about a week ..... she brought them all home and let them loose in our garden, where we got no roses .... so guess where they must have returned to? The old lady (yes she is Older than me) never did spray again ... afraid of the wrath of a 6yr old?
.... The old lady next door, who has beautiful rose bushes, was getting ready to spray around her property, and chatting to my 6yr old grand-daughter.... who loves insects, she calls them her natural pets, result of my have brainwashing about not keeping creatures in cages.
The kid was horrified that the old lady was going to Poison the beetles! and offered to collect them all in glass jars and take them away.... this kept kid occupied for about a week ..... she brought them all home and let them loose in our garden, where we got no roses .... so guess where they must have returned to? The old lady (yes she is Older than me) never did spray again ... afraid of the wrath of a 6yr old?
That's sweet.....I feel a children's story coming on......you write it, I'll illustrate it.......just think, "Smoky and the Ladybirds"....big environmental message....sequels down the road.....we'll be famous....yihaaa....
Nah, You write it, and I`ll illustrate it .... just think " Lagoona and the Loony Kid" big environmental message .... Illustrated by The Original Marlboro Lady (she aint a girl no more ... but she`s still smokin`!)
Ok...can we agree on "Loony Lagoona and the Bedbugs from Bümpliz"...as a working title?.......
I hate to bring up this topic but it's true - the native British ladybird is being taken over by immigrant ladybirds that are all different colours.........it's like our cute red squirrels being pushed out of their habitat by grey squirrels!
We kept the poxy French/continental rabies from our shores, but now these dammed illegal ladybird immigrants are taking over our countryside and multiplying like crazy - thank God that these little insects don't have the vote or I'd be homeless in no time and have to emmigrate myself.......hmmmm, Malta seems a nice place to go and live!
We kept the poxy French/continental rabies from our shores, but now these dammed illegal ladybird immigrants are taking over our countryside and multiplying like crazy - thank God that these little insects don't have the vote or I'd be homeless in no time and have to emmigrate myself.......hmmmm, Malta seems a nice place to go and live!
Ok....new title..."Rusty Nut and the Bugs from Brazil".....everyone ok with this?.......
I read about these immigrant ladybirds in some science bit of a magazine - I think they were some asian form of ladybugs............ maybe if they were latin American ones and could samba they'd be even more cute?
Oh go on with you ... you looooove bringing up this topic, huh? And HOW did the illegal ladybirds arrive? On a boat, I betcha! Or maybe they flew in?
See? These things happen in all walks of life .... from the teeniest little bugs up to the grossest of humans ....we all have the same problems. Except the Polar Bears, but they just got that problem with the frozen C02`s or something hey?
Well, just think Rusty .... It`s better than being a baby seal ... they get clobbered over the head and their fur taken off. Or you could have been born a Muscrat, I hear that is even worse, or is it the Ermine that is more popular for fur coats?
... So, just be grateful that you a human being, albeit a minor one, but less minor than the above would-be fur coats.
See? These things happen in all walks of life .... from the teeniest little bugs up to the grossest of humans ....we all have the same problems. Except the Polar Bears, but they just got that problem with the frozen C02`s or something hey?
Well, just think Rusty .... It`s better than being a baby seal ... they get clobbered over the head and their fur taken off. Or you could have been born a Muscrat, I hear that is even worse, or is it the Ermine that is more popular for fur coats?
... So, just be grateful that you a human being, albeit a minor one, but less minor than the above would-be fur coats.
Ha ha Ha -- you guys kill me - do have to let the immigration thing invade every thread--- Anyway thanks for your wonderful comments 
Cuspy ... we just a`provin`that all sortsa things migrate ... even fish. Topsoil does it too, did you know? Soil from the tip of S.Africa is found on the Caribbean (or is it Carribean?) islands.....
I think we'd better all start praying to god.......
Seems no one here has really accepted any theory of evolution OR can accept (with grace) that life on this planet is all about change.......and change does hurt,I know......
Maybe if we all pray hard enough, god will stop things changing (about time too!!)........
Maybe he could even rewind us back a couple of hundred years!!!!!to the good old days!!!!
Good thing for us the dinosaurs didn't pray........I don't think (not actually very sure about my last point).
Seems no one here has really accepted any theory of evolution OR can accept (with grace) that life on this planet is all about change.......and change does hurt,I know......
Maybe if we all pray hard enough, god will stop things changing (about time too!!)........
Maybe he could even rewind us back a couple of hundred years!!!!!to the good old days!!!!
Good thing for us the dinosaurs didn't pray........I don't think (not actually very sure about my last point).
Possibly SOIL from Africa, more valuable to us than humanoids from that continent, would be more welcome!!!
... Are we getting into the bog-hole again?
I live in G-R-E-E-C-E......
It is a DRY, MOUNTAINOUS land............WE HAVE NO BOG HOLES HERE!!!!!
I hope you yourself are not in danger,if so just call for help.......I have noticed people respond to your wailing........
It is a DRY, MOUNTAINOUS land............WE HAVE NO BOG HOLES HERE!!!!!
I hope you yourself are not in danger,if so just call for help.......I have noticed people respond to your wailing........
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sometimes yellow with dots same
you liven up my garden
and keep the aphids tame
Ladybird I love you
-that is why I do not spray