Green and country in the city 9 July

• There has been a major second flowering of the wisteria - instead of the few late flowers I usually get. I've even seen insects on the flowers - they are supposed to be good for insects but have only ever seen an insect interested in my wisteria flowers once!
• Tuesday morning a fox was digging a hole in next door's (ex Dorothy's) lawn. Wednesday morning there was a magpie eating what looked like bread it had got from the hole.
• Two small holes dug by fence ex Dorothy's side - foxes looking for worms or want to dig a tunnel underneath? There is a gap between the fence and the back wall and they can get onto the back wall and walk along the backs of several gardens so they don't really need a tunnel.
• Wednesday lots of bumblebees and other insects on the lavender.
• Was thinking Leyton getting like Cornwall as, as well as the gulls on the youth centre field have several times had gulls flying above the garden, lower down than normal, crying that distinctive cry. However, visiting my mother this weekend, and I find that in Cornwall (Truro) the gulls walk on pavements. (Truro is not a seaside town.)
• I got a bright white bangle from a charity shop in Truro. I have several white ones that appear cream when put against white clothes. Hope this one can be worn with lots of things - then I will have to think about getting rid of the others  (to a charity shop).