Ladybird Allure...

Some will tell you this is a stinking hellebore - helleborus foetidus - but this little single spot ladybird says it's a home from the gales... Encountered in a hedgerow on our walk this morning.

Janet thought it was a fritillary of sorts, perhaps a reverted to type Imperial Fritillary. I'm no gardener, so I just stuck the image into Google search. ;-)

Another very windy day, and last night the rain blattered against my bedroom window so hard I basically listened to audiobooks the whole night. No, I'm not at all tired, oh no...