Stuff I Love meme - Day 20

[dimity_blue]

Day 20: Butterflies.

It's weird really. Wihout wings, they'd be creepy crawly insects. Put fairy wings on them, and they're graceful, lovely flutterbies who dance in the summer breeze.

Comments

[corvidology]

Butterflies really are gorgeous. I also like dragonflies.

[swordznsorcery]

Dragonflies are good, but they're also utterly daft. I took this picture in the garden a year or two back:



It's got net curtains for wings, it's wearing a crash helmet, and it's got the world's stupidest grin. It's basically the dork of the insect world.

[corvidology]

I've always been very fond of dorks.

[swordznsorcery]

And rightly so. A dragonfly in flight can be pretty stunning though. It's something of a surprise to look at them up close! Bumblebees too. Up close they're basically teddy bears with fairy wings.

[dimity_blue]

Bumble bees are adorable!

[dimity_blue]

I used to like dragonflies until I read up on them. Urk!

[swordznsorcery]

I spent a fab summer a few years ago photographing butterflies (I'd just got a new camera with a really good macro setting). Gave me a whole new appreciation of them.

I like this common blue:



Very New Romantic!

[dimity_blue]

They really are gorgeous.