Falmer
UNFENCED: Was our most recent concert and the last in the Brighton Fringe series. I really enjoyed this, three wonderful singers, plus piano, string bass and drums creating some wonderful music. Songs from Richard Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein, Hoagy Carmichael and Irving Berlin amongst others made the evening an absolute delight. You can look at the website www.unfenced.org.uk or find them on Facebook and Twitter for more information. The next concert is on June 9 and features The Bothy Singers with music ranging from Nina Simone to Lady Gaga.
INSECTS: We were making the most of the fine weather and drinking tea in the garden last week, when a huge black and yellow insect buzzed by, I was convinced it was a hornet, but was proved wrong when we found a dead Broad Bodied Chaser in the greenhouse. It was a dragonfly with a much wider body than the usual blue ones that we see. The wings are so beautiful that I have kept the body and hope to do some drawings of it when I get time.