Colm O'Regan: Using an app to count insects has allowed me to be more mindful and still

FIT is Flower Insect Timed Count. You just spend 10 minutes looking at a flower or flowers and the 50cm x 50cm square around it and count the insects that visit it and put them into categories on an app or on a piece of paper

Colm O'Regan: "Now I know the ragwort will raise hackles. Poor ragwort. One of the few weeds that’s against the law in this country because it sickens cattle." Picture: Chani Anderson.

It's odd when things that look bad are a good sign. These days I’m trying to look for good signs.

Trying to be a glass-half-full person. Even when the glass is bone dry. And anyway, technically, there’s water vapour in there, so it’s just a matter of needing condensation.