This Common Brown wouldn’t spread its wings for me. If it had, I wouldn’t have noticed how one of the wings is oddly furled. There aren’t many butterflies about, though it is their breeding season.

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Butterflies & Moths

Heteronympha merope: Common Brown

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Back in early November, a few days after we’d come home from our trip, we discovered that one of the neighbour’s cats had three kittens stashed underneath our bungalow. With Vika gone, they are venturing out. They are totally wild, but since associating me with food, don’t always dash into hiding when they see me.

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Here, they are relaxed and sleepy, having just been nursed by their mum. Their eyes haven’t changed colour yet, still blue. I love the colouring of the little tortoiseshell (calico) one.

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I adore watching them at play. I’ve moved the feeding dish inside a cage, so I can eventually take them to their own yard – their owner blissfully unaware until a few days ago.

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Cute Kittens

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The tree outside our kitchen door is buzzing with bees. The hum is quite scary!

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These photos taken just now, with the Nikon D3000.

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Bees & Bugs

Honeybags

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