I was at my aunt's house for a lunch party the other day.
When I arrived with my mum, she was still in the midst of cooking. Since she has friends to help her, i decided to spend my time in her garden. haha, actually i just wanted some fresh air because the air in this house was too hot & spicy to bear. They sautéed chopped chilli and onions for chicken rendang.
Fortunately it wasn't too hot outside. It just rained that morning and her abandoned mini fountain was filled with clear water... There I saw something orange in colour floating in the water and was kinda moving! I looked closely, it was a lady-bird! Wow! I haven't seen a ladybird for ages! It reminded me of my childhood!
Ladybirdie on my hand
At our home where we stayed, there was a bush right next to it. Everyday after school, we would go to the bush and 'pick' ladybirds. There were red ones as well as orange ones. Sometimes there were baby ladybirds too! There were so tiny! We competed to see who collected the most. haha, we kids would do anything to amuse ourselves. Well, what to do? We didn't have smart phones or tablets to play with at that time. I kinda miss the old-fashioned way of growing up though. Oh, back to the collected ladybirds, don't worry, no ladybirds were hurt at all during the competition. They were carefully picked, counted and released back to their homes after we announced the champion of the day.
I scooped the struggling ladybird from the water and placed her on the leave. I couldn't tell from her expression if she is happy to be on a dry place. There is a possibility that she might be angry at me for she might be having a great swim in the water haha~ Can u tell?
Is she happy or angry?
6 comments:
wow, really nice lady bird~ why they call it lady bird when it doesnt look like a bird at all...
yup, the good all days...hope we could keep the forest...i saw a squirrel running around at our fence last week...so cute but at the same time felt sad that one day, it might lose its home~
yeah, i do wonder too... and are all ladybirds female? haha..
oh, i miss that too. I used to hear bird chirping in the morn but after they cleared the land opposite, all i hear is the sound of cars :(
crap...we will be surrounded by concrete jungle instead one day... somehow i feel that human beings are cancer cells to the earth...dying slowly
actually, i think human beings are not only killing earth, but also ourselves. If earth dies, so do we :(
somehow we are in dilemma..but i do hope they could clear lands and build stuff reasonably...there are just so many vacant buildings/shops/house...it's a waste of resources.
ladybird~ when I was a kid,they always ate the leaves of the eggplant my mom planted, n they'll leave unpleasant smell n a yellow fluid on our hand if we caught them, haven't seen them for ages.
I am sure the ladybird was glad u saved her jenn, I cant remember any ladybird enjoy swimming
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