So, in preparation for going away, and, more to the point, in preparation for mother and mother-in-law to be wandering around the house on cat-feeding-duty, I've been furiously
writing fic instead cleaning, and tidying cupboards.
I thought I was going to find a lost tribe of pygmies in a couple of them. What I did find, (once I'd excavated down through the layers of recycling covered in loose tea that I'd spilt a week ago and not bothered to clear up) was a bag of flower bulbs that I'd forgotten about. Which had started to sprout. The unexpected combination of overpowering mould and bristling white tentacles may or may not have made me
scream yelp. I ain't saying...