gentle wings
sharing my garden
summer ends
We are experiencing a late summer heat wave as Autumn arrives. Consequently the butterfly bushes are blooming and attracting butterflies ,naturally, and also bees . These images are three of the different types that flit around here. Of course the biggest and most beautiful ones always appear when I am not wandering around with my camera (including a 150- 500 telephoto and monopod) or disappear the moment I come out of the house to look for flying action. Across Summer we noticed more numbers and variety of butterflies than in recent years so that is a good piece of local ecological news.
Haiku hound 
A gorgeous haiku Denis and such beautiful butterflies. It is so lovely to glimpse into different seasons thousands of miles away ☺
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Thanks Xenia, the most beautiful ones are the elusive ones.
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Summer seems to be getting a second wind down here right now. Oh boy – it’s hot 🙂
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I noticed 36 at Warrnambool today, Global Warming.
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Sure is!
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I love the blue one––gorgeous! Your haiku is lovely too. 🙂
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Thanks Vashti, the biggest and most colourful were on vacation
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That’s a lovely haiku Denis, and it pairs well with your photos. That second one is especially bright and colourful, a natural beauty all round.
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Thanks Sue, the most beautiful ones were camera shy yesterday
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A traditional piece of the first water! ❤ Beautiful photographs too
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Thanks so much Annette
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Stunning pictures.
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Thanks Magarisa
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Beautiful photos and haiku. ‘Gentle wings’ are such a treat and it’s nice to know that you are seeing a variety of them. The bright deep purple of the flower cluster is amazing.
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Thanks Janice. This Summer has been great for Butterflies. The plant is a Buddleia commonly known as The Butterfly Bush, its an exotic to Australia but our butterflies and bees love them.
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