Contentment

Peacock butterfly, Lawrence Weston, August 2024
Peacock butterfly, Lawrence Weston, August 2024

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Lazy summer’s day

warmth reflected from the shrubs

peacock butterfly

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Lucky stars

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Serendipity

cloudless, dark, warm starlit sky

Perseid shower

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Dance of the faeries

Speckled wood butterflies dancing, Kings Weston, Bristol, August 2024
Speckled wood butterflies dancing, Kings Weston, Bristol, August 2024

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A bright shaft of light

countless butterflies delight

and then they are gone

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  • On observing one of the most beautiful natural sights I have ever seen. More than twenty Speckled Wood butterflies were chasing one another in long chains in a warm sunny spot in the woodland. As their wingtips brushed past the nettles plumes of pollen wafted into the air, like smoke. The display lasted only a few minutes until a cloud passed by, and the butterflies simply melted away into the woods. A moment that will live with me for the rest of my days. Magical.

Summer days

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Summer holidays

a break from school and routine

more time for nature

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  • On reflecting on the joy of summer holidays when I was a youngster and I could spend time in Cornwall with my grandparents and commune with nature, all day, every day. Happiest of days.

Small moth, big name

Small fan-footed wave moth, Redland, Bristol, August 2024moth
Small fan-footed wave moth, Redland, Bristol, August 2024

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With modest cream wings

moth boasts the craziest name

Small fan-footed wave

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Spider

Spider, St Pauls, Bristol, August 2024
Spider, St Pauls, Bristol, August 2024

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Little Miss Muffet

is eating her curds and whey

look who comes along

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A wonderful thing

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Heart of the city

the Avon, a sandpiper

heard though not quite seen

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After the heat

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Cooler winds arrive

and silver birch leaves rustle

English summer’s day

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Undefeated

Sunflower, Redland Bristol, August 2024
Sunflower, Redland Bristol, August 2024

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Leafless sunflower

savaged by marauding slugs

determination

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Home

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Heathrow arrivals

new text message ‘just landed’

few minutes longer

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