Orange Tip – Anthocharis cardamines – Aurorafjäril
These photos are rather blurry and heavily cropped, but I decided to post them anyway, because it is the first time I’ve ever seen this butterfly! It was very small and it didn’t let me get close enough for a proper macro shot. With its wings folded it became almost invisible. When I saw it I didn’t have clue what it might be, but I managed to find it on the internet when I got back home.
Today’s FMTSO themes are Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day. I don’t celebrate either of them! * What we do celebrate here in Sweden is the 30th of April – Walpurgis Night – and the 1st of May – Labour Day. On Monday this week at my other blog, Beyond the Lone Islands, I had a post about a students’ parade on Walpurgis Night. The photo above is from watching people starting to gather.
We had an unusually warm and sunny end of April. The first week of May has been rather chilly though (back to winter jacket again), so after the first sudden explosion of greens and colours, things have been slowing down a bit. Just as well perhaps from some points of view…
Birch trees (along a driveway through a cemetery)
Just looking at these makes my nose tickle!
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* PS. We do have a Mother’s Day, but not this week! Ours is the last Sunday in May.
Walking home through the park; the low evening sun shining through the fountain in the river…
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(This photo has been edited with artistic effects in Paint Shop Pro X.)
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