Flying ants

Today was obviously flying ant day in my garden. I was sitting outside with a cup of tea and suddenly it seemed that the lawn came alive with all these flying ants emerging out of their nests. I do have a lot of ants' nests in my lawn, that's for sure! It didn't last long - I looked half an hour later and they'd all gone.

I watched The English Patient tonight. I had just finished reading the book and so I was interested to see the film again, to see if it made any more sense. I'd always been a bit unsure about the film for some reason, and now I can see why. It doesn't bear much resemblance to the book at all, missing out large chunks and kind of missing the point, I think. I much preferred the book.