My orchid is blooming!

I brought my houseplants in last weekend.  They spend the summer on the front porch each year, and I try to remember to bring them in before the first fall frost.  Most of them live on the baker's rack in the kitchen by the window.  The rest are in the living room.  When I brought them in last weekend, I noticed a lovely new shoot on the orchid.  Yesterday there was a flower scape with three buds.  Today--beautiful flowers!

I used to know what kind of orchid this is, but the label faded and so did my memory... I've had it for at least ten years.  It blooms most years, always in the fall after it comes inside.

For the record, no frost yet, though we've had a few nights in the low forties.  Our usual frost date is around October 20, so any day now I'm expecting to wake up to a sparkly white lawn.

Food Web

This is an indoor story.  About critters and not plants.  Crickets, in fact.  I hate them.  They invade the garage in the late summer, and occasionally find their way into the basement.  But not for long.  The day AFTER we dusted and vacuumed, I noticed a small spider web in the corner, between the last step and the basement floor, right in front of the door to the garage.  So I told myself I needed to get the broom and take care of it.  As soon as I got upstairs, of course, I completely forgot about it.  Next day, repeat.  The next day, however, there were cricket parts on the floor below the web.  Ha!  So Charlotte has a home in my basement as long as she wants.