Year of the Moth

30Sep07

The leaves are officially falling from the trees…. I saw it with my own eyes when we took a stroll in the wet Devonshire countryside this morning.  For me this year has been the year of the moth – the year when I stopped seeing them as something to dodge in an Italian toilet (putting [...]

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Someone else is feeling blue

28Aug07

Well I should say ‘looking blue’… and it almost sat still long enough to have its photo taken!  I wouldn’t have minded another shot of the underside of the wings, but that will have to wait until next time.  Or should that be next year, as summer might well be over now.  Still, at least [...]

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White Admiral at Haldon

13Aug07

As promised, here is the closest shot that ‘we’ got of the white admiral (taken with a Nikon D70) spotted at Haldon Forest Park in Devon.
I can’t think of anything else to say today…

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Butterflies at Haldon

12Aug07

Hurray! The sun was out shining brightly yesterday morning, so we took a trip up to the forest park at Haldon. Each time we go there we invariably end up walking a bit of the butterfly trail, and always wonder where the butterflies are… well, yesterday we found them! Here are [...]

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Caterpillar web

25Jul07

Okay, so it’s not the best photo in the world, but the light has hardly been spectacular this summer. I mustn’t grumble though… on my grateful list today: I’m grateful that we haven’t been affected by flooding in our area. I can’t even begin to imagine what it is like. The towns [...]

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