I've travelled over 5000 miles (like the Proclaimers) since Easter for work. Working on a transport campaign you'd expect that really. Today I'm off to what will probably be my last bus event of the summer. I'm imposing a travel ban on myself for the next few weeks!
I've been to Taunton and Weymouth in the South West and Leeds in the north Norwich in the east and lots of places in between. I've not managed to get to the North East yet but hope to before the end of the year.
So today I'm off to Ipswich somewhere I've never visited before so I'm looking forward to it. I'll put some photos of today's exploits on here later. It's a gorgeous day, it always is when I have an event organised!
Thursday, 29 August 2013
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Butterfly
I really am going to try to blog more. It's dawned on me that I can use my commuting time each day to blog. If I don't feel like blogging about anything I've done that day then I'll pick a photo I've taken and blog about that.
I took this photo of a butterfly on bank holiday Monday in our garden. I had to stop Kasumi cat from pouncing on it. So the photo was taken whilst restraining one feisty little cat. For that reason alone I'm very proud of it.
I love butterflies and have a tattoo of a blue butterfly on my arm. I am also terrified of butterflies and moths if they fly near me. It's an irrational fear. But it's partly because of this fear that I like to watch them and photograph them. I am a lot better now at not freaking out if a butterfly flies on to me. Moths frighten me most because they fly at you in the dark and I'm less likely to see them.
I'm nothing if not contrary about most things!
I think this butterfly is a small tortoiseshell. At first I thought it was a painted lady but it has too much orange on it. I spotted it first through the living room window. I took a photo from indoors so I could then zoom in and see if it really was a butterfly and not a trick of my eyes. Digital cameras have made my life a lot easier when it comes to seeing stuff. Once I established it was a butterfly I sneaked up on it in the garden. It was on my verbena plant which has done brilliantly since I potted it in a big patio pot.
I was especially pleased to get a butterfly that wasn't white! The cabbage whites are the easiest for me to spot but not the most colourful! I know I must miss hundreds of butterflies when I'm out with my camera so it means a lot when one lands in my garden and I actually see it!
I love the fact that by taking photos of butterflies like this I can then zoom in and see their markings clearly their antenna, furry bodies, eyes and even their proboscis, things I'd never be able to see otherwise!
You can see the original of this and other photos on my Flickr page: http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/happysalmon/
I took this photo of a butterfly on bank holiday Monday in our garden. I had to stop Kasumi cat from pouncing on it. So the photo was taken whilst restraining one feisty little cat. For that reason alone I'm very proud of it.
I love butterflies and have a tattoo of a blue butterfly on my arm. I am also terrified of butterflies and moths if they fly near me. It's an irrational fear. But it's partly because of this fear that I like to watch them and photograph them. I am a lot better now at not freaking out if a butterfly flies on to me. Moths frighten me most because they fly at you in the dark and I'm less likely to see them.
I'm nothing if not contrary about most things!
I think this butterfly is a small tortoiseshell. At first I thought it was a painted lady but it has too much orange on it. I spotted it first through the living room window. I took a photo from indoors so I could then zoom in and see if it really was a butterfly and not a trick of my eyes. Digital cameras have made my life a lot easier when it comes to seeing stuff. Once I established it was a butterfly I sneaked up on it in the garden. It was on my verbena plant which has done brilliantly since I potted it in a big patio pot.
I was especially pleased to get a butterfly that wasn't white! The cabbage whites are the easiest for me to spot but not the most colourful! I know I must miss hundreds of butterflies when I'm out with my camera so it means a lot when one lands in my garden and I actually see it!
I love the fact that by taking photos of butterflies like this I can then zoom in and see their markings clearly their antenna, furry bodies, eyes and even their proboscis, things I'd never be able to see otherwise!
You can see the original of this and other photos on my Flickr page: http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/happysalmon/
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