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Harvested wheat fields
where wildflower margins thrive
painted lady bathes
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by Scooj
Painted Lady
Tag: butterfly
Gatekeeper
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Prime pollinator
flitting about the brambles
blackberry jamming
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by Scooj
Marbled White
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Marbled White flutters
stops, starts, stops and starts again
photography trial
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by Scooj
Red Admiral
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Dry spring and summer
a good year for butterflies
uplifting beauty
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by Scooj
Brimstone
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Sulphur yellow wings
vibrant in the midday sun
I eat lemon cake
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by Scooj
Haiku 1
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A butterfly comes
we all gaze on in wonder
iridescent wings.
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by Scooj
- This was the first ever haiku I wrote. It was in honour of my mother on her 80th birthday 10 years ago. I had flu at the time and that period coincided with the birth of Natural Adventures. I used the haiku to open my speech at her party last night, so I thought I would share it again here today.
Contentment
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Lazy summer’s day
warmth reflected from the shrubs
peacock butterfly
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by Scooj
Dance of the faeries
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A bright shaft of light
countless butterflies delight
and then they are gone
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by Scooj
- 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.
Comma
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Disproportionate
joy of spotting butterflies
a rare sight these days
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by Scooj
Perched
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Drunken woken dance
from here to there in sunlight
then settled in shade
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by Scooj
Natural adventures 