Sunday lunch last week - and, yes, it was really yummy (as I did have mint in the veggie water)


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Last year was a Painted Lady year, but that is fairly rare. his year there have been fewer butterflies in my garden. And mostly they have been the Small White, aka the Cabbage White.

Here is one who was on the buddleia earlier today.


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A Damsel Fly I saw in one of the fountains in the Italian Water Garden in Kensington Gardens, London, back in May


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I am recycling a prompt from over six years ago this week - the subjects is insects.

Yes!! Finally!! I've been stuck on this one forever... I thought for sure I'd have at least one fun insect photo somewhere. My husband's twin sister is an entomologist, but apparently I've never had a camera around when she's been showing off her work. :-p We spent the weekend over on the Washington coast for our anniversary, but had a brief ( Read more... )

Some varieties of orchids remind me of insects...


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Catching up - was going to hunt down a live one, but these are my favorite way to look at them….


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From our holiday in France a few years ago, taken on a trip to the butterfly farm (which was next door to the aquarium, so we did both!).


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So this is a perfect theme for me! :)

I chased this guy thru a coffee plantation in Panama just so I could get this photo:


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