#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – Box Hill Butterflies

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – Box Hill Butterflies

Box Hill Butterflies

When my mind wanders
It drifts away to memories
Lost in childhood dreams

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – Hanging On

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – Hanging On

Hanging On

The winds are blowing
We’re hanging on by a thread
The times are changing

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – Resilience

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – Resilience

Resilience

Little things may change
But we’ll come back from the brink
True resilience

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – Sealed

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – Sealed

Sealed

Natures’ lanterns
Lighting up the forest floor
Faerie glen is sealed

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – May Lily

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – May Lily

May Lily

Valleys are singing
The bells of May are ringing
Maidens are dancing

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – Unfurling

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – Unfurling

Unfurling

Slowly unfurling
Rising to meet the new day
To stretch out from sleep

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – Break Free

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – Break Free

Break Free

Anticipation
Innate desire to break free
Emancipation

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – Sensual Delight

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – Sensual Delight

Sensual Delight

These fragrant fireworks
Burst with sensual delight
Left lusting for more

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – The Watcher

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – The Watcher

The Watcher

Half-mourner morning
Rising up through the knapweed
Watching the watcher

I came across these records by apothecary, botanist and entomologist, James Petiver, while researching the name of the marbled white. I thought they might be of interest! (ref: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org)

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – Astrantia

#FeelGoodPhotoOfTheDay – Astrantia

Astrantia

Late summer pleasure
Pastel pink profusion of
Spiky pincushions