{"id":675,"date":"2006-07-13T23:07:20","date_gmt":"2006-07-13T22:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/675"},"modified":"2013-12-03T23:10:43","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T23:10:43","slug":"butterlies-and-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/butterlies-and-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterlies and flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

It's a few days since I last posted, so time for a general update.<\/p>\n

Things have been relatively quiet in the garden. Generally two of the cubs have been showing up early evening, and occasionally a third one. No fighting and not too much playing either. The warm weather has provided plenty of bugs for them to eat, and they spend a good part of the time scratching at the grass looking for grubs.<\/p>\n

As well as the cubs, there have been numerous butterflies, though oddly I can't recall seeing any of the normally ubiquitous cabbage whites. The first one isn't at all familiar to me, but was hovering close to the ground at the weekend.<\/p>\n

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This next one (a Red Admiral) arrives with a companion, and is fluttering around most evenings. <\/p>\n

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As well as these flighty visitors, the flowers are blooming. This lily is at the edge of the pond:<\/p>\n

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And here are a couple of the roses. The first is a newly planted David Austin rose, and should really do itself justice next year.<\/p>\n

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The second rose is from the massive bush at the front of the garden. <\/p>\n

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Oh, and scattered around the undergrowth is an increasing collection of gardening gloves, pillaged from nearby gardens by the foxes, plus of all things, a bedroom slipper which moves around mysteriously each night. <\/p>\n

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