It’s such a beautiful day today. The sky is literally the bluest I have ever seen it, the breeze is warm and pleasant, and my clothes are going to dry in record time. After a few miserable days, it’s a nice surprise to see such optimistic weather. Even though it’s bordering on too hot, I decided to let Puddy outside. Lately she’s become more aware of the heat and has started to lie in the shade or come back inside to rest on the cold tiles in order to cool down.

I was unloading the dishwasher and I glanced outside, distracted by the beautiful day. I decided the dishes could wait. I grabbed my camera and went to join Puddy in the shade. Of course, the first photo I got is a shot of her racing over to me, which is always a dilemma with cats – if you squat down to get a photo, they’ll usually rush over for a headbump and pat. In this case, Puddy bumped my camera then flopped at my feet.

Incidentally, see the cactus in the background? When we first moved into this house, the cactus was propped up against the wall, bent at a really weird angle, and was actually damaging the wall. I decided to move it into the corner and have it free-standing and now it’s growing straight up, and has doubled its size! This is what it looked like a year ago:

See, I do have a green thumb! Just ignore the weeds…

Anyway, I took another photo of Puddy and something flitted across the lens, catching my attention. A fairy?

What do you think? Is it a fairy? Puddy seemed rather disinterested in it after it flitted a few times across the yard. She only crouched into a hunting pose once and even that was half-hearted. I couldn’t focus in on the fairy because it just didn’t stop moving! Here is another shot – but it’s not that much clearer.

Puddy isn’t even looking in the right direction, that’s how quickly it was moving! I couldn’t capture it properly in the photo, but it shimmered a beautiful silver colour as it flew by and its wings were transparent, with gentle flashes of colour in them. So beautiful!

Have you figured out what it is yet? Is it a fairy or something a little more ordinary? If you think you know what the mysterious thing is, click here to see if you’re right!