OK so I said I would be late, as the pub reopens, but that only works if John is home from work. He is toiling so I will do my blog and you can see pretty pictures from the terrace tomorrow!
The sweet chestnut is now well and truly in flower around here - probably about 2 weeks earlier than usual. The insects are gorging themselves on the nectar - although as it has gone a bit cool, there weren't as many honeybees knocking around as I thought there would be. Once client has a very nice, small and young tree which was just covered in flowers.
Looking more closely at a bunch of flowers, I found a butterfly.
There is a cherry tree at the far side of the wildflower meadow, which has fruit which is just about ripe, except the birds are going at it and the heavy rain a couple of days ago bruised the fruit badly, causing rot and also causing some to ferment inside. I ate a lot straight from the tree but there was no point in picking them to bring home as they would be rotten by tomorrow.
There are all sorts of flowers in the meadow at the moment and a mix of scabious and knapweed seems to make it an ideal habitat for marbled white butterflies. There were loads flying around every time I moved. I got a few photos but this is the only one I've done anything with so far. Very pretty, isn't it?
And now I can no longer resist the siren song of the pub terrace - cheers!
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