HBW!

Pink Zinnia-arms in motion!

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I have a beautiful butterfly.

Found a big flock in Wellington harbour.

Fluttering ribbons at Bristol International Kite Festival, 2010

Promethea silkmoth

it was just about the size of my hand.

I had to super-enhance this to see anything in this photo, the flash did a strange thing and only half fired.

that or my hair was over it.

it was my birthday!

Part of the current summer butterfly show

I liked all the wing angles in this one!

Met this Butterfly sunning her wings on the grounds of the WV State Capitol.

Great Spangled Fritillary?

Meadow Pipit~Anthus pratensis

Charlie races along the dunes and the birds seem to hover above him..what beauties.

They have a fluttering 'parachute' display flight. In winter they are quite gregarious and gather in small flocks, often invisible among the vegetation, suddenly flying up with typical jerky flight.

Meadow pipit numbers in the UK have been declining since the mid-1970s, resulting in this species being included on the amber list of conservation concern.

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.

Best Viewed Large

The deadline got extended so I made myself one too! I LOVE this skirt, so comfy. I used some kind of cottony knit for the skirt and bamboo knit for the top. super cozy. Since dresses are a pain while nursing, I made myself a nursing dress. The top has two drape-y criss cross panels with a half-tank top underneath, so you can lift the under-tank and pull a panel over and nurse. I got the shirt idea from one I got at anthropologie that had a similar design but without the convenient half tank underneath.

And more butterflies. They looked pretty on the little red flowers

hand-dyed superwash Merino fingering weight

San Diegos Wild Animal Park's Butterfly Jungle. March 2010

Puffinus gavia

Cook Strait Ferry, Marlborough, New Zealand.

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Blogged here: cuckooblue.co.uk/post/59718552681/fluttery-quilting-fail-...

I really like this collection of fabrics called Flutter by The Quilted Fish for Riley Blake Designs. Loving blue and orange together just now. But when I laid it all out to make a quilt, somehow it just didn't speak to me the way I thought it would. After having a little play and pairing up the patterns, I decided to have some zippered -pouch/coin-purse-making fun. And fun it was!

Port Fairy. Victoria.

A gathering of winged friends..

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Austin Botanical Gardens

One of my early chances to experiment with my camera was at the Austin Botanical Gardens, where this group of butterflies was kind enough to hang around for me to capture them.

Camera: Nikon D3100

Lens: Nikor 55-200mm AF

Shutter: 1/800

Aperture: f4.0

Focal: 55mm

ISO: 1600

Edited in Adobe Camera Raw

Photoblog post

those lashes...

Variable Flutterer - Rhyothemis variegata

Thailand, Phang Nga, Similan islands, 12/11/2013

had to follow this guy to a few flowers before he was finally still enough for a decent shot. felt like a butterfly paparazzo.

Port Fairy Pelagic. Victoria.