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Friday Smiles


Hmm, I scrabbling around for a smile this week.  It's not that there haven't been any, it is just that I haven't photographed any.  One of the things that is making me smile is butterflies outside my window.  I am logging them for The Butterfly Conservation with an app from irecord.  Mum snapped this yesterday...


I think it is a male gatekeeper.

Linking up at Annie's

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  1. That's gorgeous Laura....I love butterflies. I snapped a peacock butterfly and a bumblebee side by side on my budleia yesterday :-)
    Hugs,
    Annie x

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  2. Yes me too - I love anything from Nature - well maybe not spiders - but deffo butterflies. Not too many about here at the moment but always lovely to spot an unusual one. x Jo

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  3. I love butterflies and bees in my garden, how sweet
    Tilly

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  4. We all love butterflies. Well done your mum. Barbxx

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  5. Love butterflies. They were one of my mother's favorites.

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  6. So pretty and it makes a great palette of colour too
    jo x

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  7. Beauty!
    Happy Friday,
    Lisca

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  8. Beautiful butterfly.

    Hope you have a lovely weekend. Sue

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  9. How pretty. I love all the butterflies though I can´t identify many. Lovely to have just outside your window. Kate x

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  10. Hi Laura....oh yes, I do love butterflies too and have been know to chase them around the yard with my camera, we often see the Cairns Birdwing and the Ulysses...beautiful. Enjoy your weekend

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  11. Beautiful. I love butterflies as well ! Thanks for visiting. Anne x

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  12. I don' t know about you but we have noticed more butterflies this year than in previous.
    Hugs
    xx

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    1. I have too, and that has to be a good thing! x

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