Ridiculous mistakes !

NotSpaghetti never fear, I can’t drive never have, it was my husband at the wheel !

I picked off what looked like a piece of black fluff from the shower door and it felt hard. Turned out to be a tiny black ladybird. Then I found two more in the windowsill.
They must be waking up.

I often pick up earthworms that for some reason are lying on the pavement - I suspect dropped by birds. I need to find a twig or something though - don’t like using fingers!

Dd1 evidently started the way she meant to go on - at 2 after I’d left her with MiL for a while, she came and showed me a very dried up worm in her hand. ‘Just look at this poor ickle worm Mummy - isn’t it sad?’

Much later, in her 20s, she had an Italian boyfriend who would get exasperated by her need to rescue wasps and other insects from swimming pools.
‘Maybe he want to suicide himself!’ 😂

What lovely stories of kind people x

I had a large distinctive looking spider that had lived peacefully and happily for about two years behind my vegetable rack. One morning I found him in my sink unable to get out, I carefully picked him up and gently dropped him just behind me knowing he would safely scuttle back to his corner.
However what I didn’t know was that my Labrador had softly padded in and sat behind me.
There was a great smacking of lips and my spider was no more!

I felt absolutely awful

This reminds me of something that happened to me but the other way round. I nudged with a bare big toe something I took to be a bit of fluff from the vacuum cleaner. It jumped 2 foot in the air! Heart beating rapidly, I saw it was a frog one of my cats had brought in.

I’m so pleased to see that others rescue even the smallest creature.

I applaud your humanity - but maybe you should get an eye test if driving - I say this kindly, as a short-sighted person.
Take care!

Bless you or being so caring! I always rescue (with a twig or some such) worms when I see they have arrived in a puddle. Bumble bees can be helped when exhausted by giving them a tiny bit of sugar water and letting them rest.