Amelia

Amelia club

Posted: 14 Jun 2023


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Common Blue Butterfly. Polyommatus icarus

Common Blue Butterfly.  Polyommatus icarus
I saw at least two of these flitting around the local churchyard, and spent some time waiting for one to land near enough to get a photo.

Please excuse my lack of visiting or commenting on your photos. We had a severe electric storm with lots of rain and high winds on Monday late evening. Climbing roses have been blown down from fences, flowers are now sodden and turning brown, and the garden has turned into a disaster area. I have so much tying in and dead heading to do now. It's going to take 3or 4 days to get it all looking reasonable again.

Roses in Part of our Back Garden.

The PIP shows two roses in a small part of the garden. The main rose is highly scented and is called Penelope. The rose behind that is Rosa × odorata 'Mutabilis'. This is what it looked like about a week ago and up until Monday evening.

Edna Edenkoben, Maria Rainer-Giotto, Ecobird, Nicole Merdrignac and 20 other people have particularly liked this photo


13 comments - The latest ones
 ©UdoSm
©UdoSm club
Sehr schön, der kleine Blaue und der blühende Busch...
11 months ago.
 Joe, Son of the Rock
Joe, Son of the Rock club
Well seen and well photographed, Amelia. You have capture fine details and beautiful textures in the butterfly. Kindest regards, Joe
11 months ago.
 Nick Weall
Nick Weall club
A really chrisp shot of the butterfly dear LGM ~ So sorry to read of the devastation to your garden and wish you all the best in restoring it to its former glory ~~~
11 months ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
Such a beauty. You did well to get this shot Amelia, as they don't land very often or for long. A superb capture.

I love the roses in your PiP to............they're gorgeous.

So sorry to hear about the damage to your garden...........but I'm sure you'll have it sorted in no time at all. It sounds like you're in for some hard work though :)
11 months ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Great you could catch it ! Lovely flowers there too
11 months ago.
 uwschu
uwschu club
ein wunderschöner Bläuling
11 months ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne club
A beautiful shot of the butterfly Amelia. We have not had any rain! We are looking after 3 gardens at the moment and a drop of rain would be appreciated! The roses look gorgeous. My Ginger Syllabub is flowering now, and it has a wonderful scent.
11 months ago.
 Loose_Grip/Pete
Loose_Grip/Pete club
Great shot of the butterfly
We needed rain but not such a severe downpour !!
11 months ago.
 Dominique Sarrazin
Dominique Sarrazin club
Parfait !
11 months ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
FRAGILE BEAUTY
11 months ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
Lovely, you caught it poerfectly! These used to be quite commen, sadly not anymore....

I hope you have made progress with your garden:-)
I'm afraid thundestorms will happen more often and will be more severe. We had one - very localized- which lasted only one hour but led to flooding in the city centre and in our house the Vodafone router got hit by lightning- the bang made my jump!
11 months ago.
 Ecobird
Ecobird club
A very pretty butterfly with lovely detail and gorgeous blue colours. Beautifully captured Amelia
11 months ago.
 Edna Edenkoben
Edna Edenkoben club
Lovely!
11 months ago.

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