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Photo of a photo.. |
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This alpine plant was a lot smaller than it looks here.. |
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How big do you think that is? |
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It's that big. |
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A crop.. just because I liked it. Almost invisibly small.. |
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Boldermere lake. |
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No, this isn't a butterfly, but it is a butterfly's dinner. |
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As is this. |
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And these. |
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This is the same plant. |
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I think these are specially designed anti-butterfly plants. |
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A first sighting.. |
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Butterflies can only land into a headwind. (No, actually, I'm making that up..) |
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This was dessert. |
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As was this. |
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These ones have freshly emerged from their chrysalis and are unfurling their wings for the first time. |
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Close up, the butterflies' wings almost look like "digicam". |
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Wings unfurl. |
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Slowly.. |
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Why rush an important job? |
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That's not great camouflage.. |
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Neither is that. |
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At least this one was hiding. |
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And this one was waiting. |
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This one was scanning from left to right for its next meal. |
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And then, outside, by pure chance I happened upon a bench dedicated to my grandfather. |
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Fiery. |
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That is, in fact, a bumblebee gathering nectar from a blossom tree. In January.. (No, there's something not quite right there..) |