I was afraid it was going to come to this: the need for a "vacation" from the daily posting of natural history observations. The last time this occurred, a year ago last autumn, the reason was more obvious—my long stay at the Yale New Haven Hospital "spa"... well, cardiac ICU... while I recovered from open heart surgery. Then, of course, once I got home, it took several weeks for me to get back on my feet again. This time, the "culprit" wasn't medical but, rather, a certain eight-year-old who has come to live with us. Between becoming impromptu parents for Stasia, to say nothing of an enormous writing workload, the preparations for the holidays, and an ongoing cardiac rehab requirement, blogging became an impossibility. Briefly, I thought about just giving up, but, the more I tossed this over in my head, the less I had any desire to leave it behind. When I spotted these two trichopterans—the adult version of the Caddis Fly larvae I've featured in the past—in flagrante, the need arose to take out the camera... and write about the observation. It seems a bit late, to say nothing of cold, for outdoor mating pursuits, but maybe that's just me. This couple clearly has no such reservations.