A look back

Well, August has arrived, and it treads carefully towards the autumn months now. I guess for some people the summer months will begin to be a memory; hopefully they will be good memories. They’ve certainly been good months for me, and I hope the coming autumn months are going to be just as good……….if not better.
So a few pictures left over from July………
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An ordinary picture of a Barnacle Goose. He spends his time with a group of Canada Geese at a local lake. An escapee? No idea, but I always like to look out for him when I visit Caldecote Lake. Him and the Black Swan, feel like old friends. Yea, I know; I’m crazy.

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From Caldecote Lake again. The Greylag’s and the Canada’s have been very successful in their breeding this year. Here’s a couple of young Greylag Geese; part of a very large mixed group, that were happily grazing one morning.

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The butterflies have been great this year. As soon as the sun shone, they were out in large numbers. And a good variety too. Just a very small selection here; from the top, they are……Meadow Brown…..Common Blue….Small Skipper…and….Small Copper. Thank goodness for them in July, and the dragons.
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A female Emperor enjoying a lunch of what I think was an unfortunate bee. The dragons, along with the damsels, helped fill the gaps, when the birds were being shy.

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And the flowers too. The wild flowers were putting on spectacular shows everywhere.
The names? I’m not too good with these, so just enjoy the anonymous blooms. The first couple are thistles…….
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And even when the blooms have finished, I find a certain beauty in the ‘dead’ and ‘dying’ plants.
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It’s good sometimes to look back, and reflect……….
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............and now, time to move on..............
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