the ladybird in the fridge
This morning I opened the fridge to grab my yoghurt and the milk carton. When I put them on the kitchen counter ready to use on my morning muesli, there was something on the carton, next to the screw neck.
It was a ladybird. A very still ladybird.
I think she - they're all she's, right? The clue is in the name (joke, don't write in)-was in stasis. Or might the right word be stupor?
Anyway, whichever word you prefer, after a night in the fridge in the cold and dark, she was very still.
But it was a warm morning, and it only took a few seconds for her to start moving again.
She started to circumnavigate the neck of the screw lid, so I decided to help her out a little.
I got her to climb on to the tip of my index finger, went and stood at the open back door, held my finger out and waited for the scents of freedom and possible food get to her. Also she probably needed to let some more warmth get in to her for lift-off.
Watching ladybirds lift their shells to unfold their wings is a start to the day I could watch every morning.
However, I would like the ability to replay it in super slo-mo. I have since watched some super slo-mo of other ladybirds on other fingers (truthfully, very many times now) and it is just wonderful. You may own a convertible car, but I bet your roof's folding isn't as compelling a spectacle as the hiding or revealing of a ladybird's wings.
Once spectacularly unfolded, she flew off to start her day, possibly to eat some extra aphids off my roses due to being hungry after spending all night in the cold and dark, and as a thanks to me for getting her out of there and waking her up nicely.
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