Amazingly, the yucca on my terrace is in bloom once again. This summer it bloomed twice already. The only difference is that there are few flying insects around at this time of year. Although the weather is balmy for the season, which explains yucca’s blunder, most of the insects have already gone to meet their maker. Anyhow, plants and animals are as confused about climate change as humans are. Whenever I come up with a story like this one in conversation, people just shrug their shoulders without a word. And Doris Day comes to mind out of the blue: “Whatever will be, will be…”