Photos of a few butterflies and flowers

Pink great willowherb flowers.

Not as many butterflies around as I’d like there to be, hopefully they’ll make more of an appearance as Summer wears on. Yesterday an area around some Marjoram/Oregano was being visited by a bunch of Gatekeepers (female and male, some flirting going on), a few Small Coppers, a Ringlet and a Small Tortoiseshell. There were also quite a few bees, but they weren’t hanging around on a particular flower long enough to get many useful shots. The flowers are small, so I suppose it makes sense. There are some photos of flowers mixed in, along with Jake. He took up residence on the old bench yesterday, haven’t worked out where he’s been today. Enjoy, and find the rest up on Flickr!

All caught up on photos (for now), I’ve got some new pens to play with and swatch, so that’ll keep me occupied for a bit.

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Triffid photography 3rd June 2018

Bracken

I had plans for today, but have effectively been a zombie, hence the unimaginative post title. I did manage to take a satisfying amount of photographs, but it took until nearly midnight to get them uploaded and write up this pretty simple blog post. Jake still managed to help (see Instagram for the set of Jake photos), but a full battery and reasonable weather allowed for more photo opportunities. As always, see Flickr for a whole bunch more.

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Obligatory gratuitous cat post – Jake helping with photography

Jake the fluffy orange and white cat's fur.

Anyone not aware (hard to imagine, he gets tweeted about on a regular basis), I live with a fluffy monster by the name of Jake, who has a very floofy Tail. I was doing some Triffid photography, lying on the grass to get up close and personal, when I felt a gentle tug and found Jake had developed an interest in my camera strap. At that point I got completely distracted with taking some photos and video of Jake being adorably ‘helpful’.

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