In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Close Up.” There are few things better than going out on a sunny day with the intention/hope of looking a butterfly straight in the eye. It doesn’t always work out but it’s so rewarding when it does. Orange-tip butterflies are amongst Read more…
As far away from the madding crowd is my idea of an ideal destination on a Bank Holiday and the local canal never disappoints. Here are some images from MayDay Monday:
Have had to re-post this as the original version seemed to be clogging up flow of website (Don’t ask! I haven’t a clue what I mean). Got my first butterfly pictures of the year today! Hooray! Got them….just. When we arrived at the site the butterflies hadn’t wakened up; they Read more…
Went hunting for orange-tip butterflies again today but, for third day in a row, had no luck. There were lots of Speckled Woods though and when I voiced my disappointment, as in, “Oh, it’s JUST another Speckled Wood”, I realised that these little “plain, ordinary, brown” butterflies deserve far more Read more…