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Annabel Port's avatar

Very possibly my favourite insight so far..... until the end. You made us fall in love with a fly - A FLY! - and then you told us it had died! I was quite sad when the middle one died and that one didn't even have a name! I'm glad Blessing had a long and adventurous life, though.

Zena Birch's avatar

“And that one didn’t even have a name” 🤣🤣🫣

Zena Birch's avatar

It delights me so much that you fell for our flies. It was bewildering to us too ☺️💚🪰

Annabel Port's avatar

You took me on such a journey. I think it reminded me of Henry the snail, who lived on my window sill and I greeted each day. Until I accidentally crushed him with the sash window. Heartbroken.

Philippa Pilkington's avatar

Oh wow blessing was a blessing! My husband was stuck on his own for 5 months in Covid.. well I say on his own but he made friends with a jumping spider he named Matilda. I used to have a spider that lived in the wing mirror of my car… I refused to wash it in case it drowned.. if I saw it on its web when I started driving I had to pull over so it could tick back in behind the mirror… I swear to you it was there well over a year.. it turned got so old it turned white!

Zena Birch's avatar

Philippa! I too have a resident spider that lives in my wing mirror back home and it is also white!!! And Jumping Spiders are decidedly good company 😜 How lucky we all are to share this life with our curious tag along friends! ☺️🪰🕷️

Sammi Nisbet's avatar

Ps, the seals! What a surprise that must have been coming back to find them sunbathing and not keen to move!

Zena Birch's avatar

It was equal parts brilliant and horrifying!

Sammi Nisbet's avatar

What a lucky fly Blessing was to be able to hitch a lift with you and have a wonderful life!

Zena Birch's avatar

We miss Blessing!

Kathy Calmejane's avatar

Aww what a lovely tale! I'm sure many of your followers would have loved to be a fly on the wall during your adventures, Blessing actually got to live the dream! (Pun definitely intended 😉)

Zena Birch's avatar

🤣🤣 It hadn’t occurred to me that we literally had a fly on the wall 😜

Marcia Kelly's avatar

Oh what an amazing fly. Love the name blessing. He or she certainly had an eventure xxxx

Zena Birch's avatar

Blessing will be missed! xx

Basi's avatar

Haha, I never thought I'd be so interested in a story about flies! But have I missed stuff about other wildlife (loved the seals insight)? The great whites, the sea snakes - intrigued...