{"id":5328,"date":"2010-07-23T21:47:07","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T20:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5328"},"modified":"2010-07-23T21:47:07","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T20:47:07","slug":"creatures-of-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/07\/creatures-of-the-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Creatures of the Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thought I&#8217;d put the moth trap out again last night as it looked set to be dry and we all had the day off today so would have plenty of time to go through it.<\/p>\n<p>I sat with it for a little while at dusk, but then got up again at 4am before it was light and went out to investigate. I was lovely being out in the garden at that time in the morning with nothing but the bats, moths and other creatures of the night as company. 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