OK, so where's the nest?

 I have known for what seems like ever that wasps make nests of 'paper' from chewed up wood.  Doesn't mean that much until you see it happening. Back in Surrey, one very quiet sunny afternoon, I saw a wasp on a plank of wood, and heard a miniscule scratchy sound. Looking at the wood, I saw stripy patches. Then I figured out what I had seen. The wasp was chewing the plank to make paper. Observe the stripy bits on our front garden gate. I know what did that!

  

Close up.

 So now you have a rough idea of how wide a wasp's jaw is. I am assuming that the little beasties don't take harm from whatever chemical content there is in the paint they are stripping off with the wood.

The Gladioli have been nice, but not very prolific. They are pretty much over now, but we have started getting flowers on some that we thought were not going to. Gardener thinks they are Afghan Gladis. I don't know but I like them.