Who would believe this ...
and this...
were one and the same?
And yes we did release it again.
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Feeling blessed.
Picked fresh from friends gardens and given to us. We'd already cooked and eaten some when I thought to take a photo.
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Kinkaku-ji , Kyoto, Japan. A Zen-Buddhist temple set in the middle of a small lake in ornamental gardens. Apart from the monks... -
Out walking one day and came across Islington, one of the original big homes on the Taieri. A hedge is a fence, yes, no? ...
Beautiful butterflies. I've been thinking in the last few years how much I miss seeing the Monarch butterfly in my part of the world. I then discovered that the population has radically declined and so there is an effort to plant milkweed which they feed on. I hope it is successful. Butterflies of any kind are a gift. Your Admiral is stunning.
ReplyDeleteOur garden centres sell swan plants with Monarch caterpillars on them in the hope of bringing the numbers back up again. They live on swan plants apparently. A very popular product I believe.
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