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- 2 enormous swarms from one area to another, and it is only when individuals from such a swarm manage to reach the coast that we are rewarded with their presence in our gardens. The common thistle (carduus) which forms the food-plant for the Painted Lady caterpillars, and from which the insect's scientific name, Cynthia Cardui, is derived, is a fairly plentiful weed in our local waste areas, and when another swarm of the elusive Ladies does appear, there will doubtless be many excellent opportunities to observe and study its interesting early states. [This and the following item are taken from "Nature Diary of a Quiet Pedestrian" by Philip Croft] DEAR DEER I was about to rise and continue my walk when I noticed, to my surprise, far upstream and in the exact middle of the flowing creek, a young deer, a doe, walking in an apparently leisurely manner toward me. I froze into complete immobility, to watch what would happen. Evidently completely unaware of my presence, the beautiful, graceful creature continued toward me, keeping strictly in the centre of the stream, no doubt an instinctive act of caution usual to the species, and passed within ten feet of me, on her way toward the sea. She was astonishingly sure-footed on the slippery stones and rushing water as she continued right down the middle of the stream to its point of entry into the surf. The company of crows and gulls took not the slightest notice of her as she, finding no more creek to walk in, moved over on to the wet sand and back up the beach some yards behind me, then up on to the lawn of one of the waterside residences and into their shrubbery where she vanished from my view. It is not at all unusual for these Black-tailed Coast Deer to find their way down from the mountainside forest into our populated area. The mountain streams, flowing in deep gullies, give the animals an opportunity to do so without their having to cross two busy and frightening highways. It is always a delight to obtain such a close view of the deer, which quite commonly appear in people's gardens. But to some, not an entirely unmitigated delight, for the deer have a reprehensible appetite for tulip and hyacinth, bulbs and other horticultural treasures, and maledictions are frequently called down on them by irate gardeners in the vicinity. [Have you seen a deer - lately?] ENGLISH A S SHE IS SPOKE: TOUGH ENOUGH A verse concocted some years ago for the benefit of foreign visitors: A rough baker from "Burroughs of Slough" Bought a plough and drove straight through the Borough Though hardly wet through he developed a cough And died leaving no dough [It's easy when you know hough!] FINAL WORDS The nudist was asked why he was wearing a beard down to his knees. "Well," he said, "someone has to go for the coffee." If you write a book entitled "How to Fail" and it fails, is it a success? To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity. William Arthur Ward Enough is enough Tony Scammell Editor