Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge: Lilac
Tag: butterfly
Flower and sculpture
The last on the camera’s card: A holly blue – unfortunately the plant, probably a thoroughwort, is more in focus than the butterfly. The last on the phone card: A sculpture of Martin Buber, German Jewish religious philosopher, in Heppenheim where he lived for about … Continue reading Flower and sculpture
Falter
Since it prooved quite difficult to find a photo in my archive that illustrated the word “to falter” I dediced to go German instead. Falter is an alternative word for Schmetterling or in English: butterfly. You might see a similarity to the Italian farfalle. And … Continue reading Falter
All Eyes on You
In case somebody is wondering: the butterfly is called a little skipper in English (braunkolbiger Braun-Dickkopffalter in German, a real mouthful: Brown-spadixed brown thick head butterfly); the eye is from an Egyptian goose; the background is an orange daylily. In order to isolate the butterfly … Continue reading All Eyes on You
Four-footed Butterfly
I learned that this Admiral belongs to the brush footed or four footed butterflies (they stand on four legs and curl the other two up). I checked – this fellow does what is expected of him. Monday Portrait and Macro Monday
The News Was Leaked
that the Admiral was dining on leek today. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Leak
It’s in the Eye of the Beholder
Two painted ladies, one natural, one literal. And a bonus orange: Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge: Mainly Orange
Lunchtime for an Admiral
Monday Macro
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Blossoms and Butterfly
making me quite dizzy this early in the season! The Cosmic Photo Challenge: The Arrival of Spring
