The wildflowers of summer are a thing of the past. Occasionally I spot a hint of colour in the grass and discover a sheltered bloom but the vest majority have long since gone to seed and given up on life. I suppose butterflies and dragonflies have taken shelter for the winter. Having very little understanding of such creatures I used to assume they just died off when the cold weather arrived but seeing as our climate has departed from it's previous rather dependable cycle, I imagine that things are no longer so clear cut. I'll have to read up more about butterflies. Since reading 'The Behaviour of Moths' by Poppy Adams a couple of years ago I've found these creatures so much more interesting than before. (Hence my enthusiasm for the Hummingbird Hawk-Moth on Monday). 


Look closely and you can spy on all the activity going on.