Bonjour! Je suis en Paris pour les vacances et des visites familiales avec ma mere venerable. Nous avons le soleil, le chaud - OUI le chaud - et aussi cet Small Copper a la musee de Quai Branly, pres de la Tour Eiffel. OK, that's enough showing off (although I'm not sure of the genders etc, and I also messed up with my camera on a more interesting butterfly; a small Blue of some kind, although being a female it was brown).
It was flitting about in my cousin's garden at Le Pecq, where there were also plenty of Whites enjoying the truly impressive municipal blooms - great swags of flowers on lamp-posts, railings, everywhere - and not just in the main streets. Mum and I also observed this very large bee on escallonia hedges at Quai Branly which were smothered in flowers. It was like walking through a honey jar. Oh, and there was a Red Admiral at the Tunnel's entrance near Folkestone, inspecting the big painted signs on the approach road saying France.
(No Red Admiral in the pic btw. It had flown away).
3 comments:
Pretty flowers! Wish I can see them personally, Anyway, can you add more information about those flowers. Thanks!
-yumi-
Hi Yumi
The flowers are Escallonia, often called 'Apple Blossom'. They are small but grow in clusters and make a lovely hedge. We have some in Leeds but they really thrive in warm climates. They also like the seaside. You'll find lots more on Google. Oh and they have a magnificent scent. Walking between the twin hedges at the Musee du Quai Branly was really wonderful. I liked your website btw. I wonder if anyone will send a moth for Grandparents' Day in the Philippines! Warm wishes M
Oh! Those flowers caught my attention. It seems you have a great flower gardens. How I wish I could have a cool garden like yours. Keep it up!
toni
Post a Comment