It’s time for Fandango’s Flashback Friday. I’m taking you to France, to a gloriously sunny day – 20th August 2013. Happy Memories.
Butterflies: Half an Hour of my Life
August 20th 2013
There we were at Roquefixade, showing our favourite walking destination off to two of our Harrogate friends, when a butterfly discovered me. Then another. These two creatures played round my wrist for more than half an hour before finally dancing off into the sunshine. They made our day.
He found Chris first … 
… then abandoned her for my wrist. 
Then there were two. 
I’m thinking they’re the Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus). Any dissenters?
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
What an unusual thing to happen, you must have been delighted.
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Absolutely charmed! I remember it still.
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Most captivating, what a wonderful event
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How marvellous! No wonder you remember it. I’m impressed by your one-handed camera skills too! 😉
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Come to think of it, I can’t remember how I did that!
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Wow, on the slideshow with the large images you can see such fantastic detail. They are finely and delightfully fluffy! Impressive.
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How lovely. I have had a Red Admiral take a fancy to my arm this summer. That light tickle as it lands is so magical.
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How delightful. Thanks for re-sharing this.
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What delightful companions, Margare.
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Only a kind spirit like yours could attract such wonderful visitors.
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How wonderful – and very unusual. Did you wear a specific scent, which attracted them? Or butterflies just like you? 🙂
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I don’t know if I’d be that calm with these butterflies on me 😀 😀 Terrific photos.
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Fantastic. I reckon it is a Silver studded Blue!
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Ooh er, gosh, I’ve just looked it up. I think you’re right. Thanks!
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Nothing common about them. Such a beautiful experience 🤗💕
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It was Jo. Just lovely.
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ah the other kind of ‘mud puddling’ and one I prefer! A beautiful throwback for us all, and weren’t you clever with the camera back then
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Honestly, Becky, I can’t remember how I did it. But I must ‘of’ done.
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Wow… more than a half hour!! Beautifully captured. Love it!
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It was a special series of moments.
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WOW. That is amazing. What an experience and great photos. I have discovered that whenever I reach for the camera or the camera phone the birds and butterflies take off and the moment is lost, except in my mind’s eye. Beautiful.
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That usually happens to me too, which makes this extra special.
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This really is ‘charm overload’ – how absolutely wonder-full! And probably getting rarer and rarer with so many animal diseases everywhere.
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Probably, sadly. There were so many butterflies in the Ariège when we were there.
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