Saturday, May 11, 2013

Up the camino again!

There's often a nice surprise when we walk up the camino. This time there were a lot of them although they were quite small. 
 

Can you see it yet?


They do tend to blend in when they are at rest on the surface of the camino, yet when these small butterflies are flying around the top surface of their wings, which you can't see when they have them folded up, is a lovely bright blue. Extraordinary!

Having just looked on the internet to see what I could find, it is probably the Common Blue, not the most exotic of names, and is widespread throughout Europe. The pity is that they only live as butterflies for 3 weeks. Today, they were really enjoying fluttering around.


Elsewhere, the weeds are doing their best and continue to look splendid with a beautiful range of colour...



...which looks great against the sky.

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