I've enjoyed watching the butterflies and bees in the garden over the last week or so. It seemed appropriate to take a photo of one of them on another sunny morning. The bees buzzed off pretty quickly but this butterfly was happy to sit for me.
Love to watch the nature around me. Not all of it has a happy ending though. There was a sparrow nest in the ivy and I spent a lot of time watching the parents busy feeding and tracking their movements as their chicks cheeping became louder and more demanding. Unfortunately I wasn't the only one to notice. A sparrow hawk attacked the nest Sunday afternoon and although there were still chicks left, the parents deserted the nest.
On my goodness! Nature is so sad at times! I'm assuming the poor little babies all died.
You picture is lovely, we've had lots of tiny blue butterflies recently. Very small and too flighty to stop for a picture! You were lucky.
You picture is lovely, we've had lots of tiny blue butterflies recently. Very small and too flighty to stop for a picture! You were lucky.
Nature is cruel sometimes isn't it.