Meet Herero, the wily lizard who lives in my ceiling. Herero loves: dinnertime in Tula Cottage, when the paraffin lamp is set to high, overseeing my gas stove. When I retreat from cooking, Herero moves in to snap up the bugs that have convened, mesmerised  by the bright flame of the lamp. Although he may appear indiscriminate, his favourite meals are: crispy beetle, lazy fly, succulent moth and delicate praying mantis.

Herero’s job description is: Guardian of high ceilings and complex thatched roof spaces.

I am yet to learn more about his family, as many of them left when I moved in to Tula Cottage, indignant at the space consuming items I installed in their home and the vigour of my broom across the varnished concrete floor.