Bees, butterflies, buddleia bushes, and Bohol !

[Doc Alan]

• SCARBOROUGH, east coast of England
It’s been a good summer here :smile:.

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The buddleia bush is also known as butterfly bush.

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Cinnabar moth ( and a cheeky green beetle ! )

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… and in Switzerland :smile:
• LAKE LUGANO

This is a bouquet carefully balanced on the balcony of my daughter's apartment overlooking Lake Lugano !


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New olive groves by the lakeside.


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Genuine ( not plastic ) water lily !

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… always good in Bohol :xxgrinning--00xx3:.

• Bilar, BOHOL ( http://boholconservation.com/simplybutterflies/ )

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[stevewool]

great pictures Alan and just shows there is beauty everywhere you look

[Arthur Little]

GREAT close~ups, Alan ... keep 'em coming! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[bigmarco]

Lovely pics Doc :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[mickcant]

Really good quality shots :xxgrinning--00xx3:
Mick. :smile:

[Doc Alan]

Thanks Steve, Arthur, bigMarco, and Mick :xxgrinning--00xx3:.

I took all these photos ( original, unaltered ) with a compact digital camera, a 14 megapixels Panasonic TZ 18, which has a 16 X optical zoom, and useful " macro " setting :smile:.

[Dedworth]

Excellent pics Doc :appl:

[jake]

Superb pictures Doc Alan :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[sars_notd_virus]

Woow beautiful pictures Doc..thank you for sharing them with us :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[fizaleon]

WOW!! It's amazing, Fabulous.

[Arthur Little]

WOW!! It's amazing, Fabulous.

I notice you're replying to threads at random. :Erm: ... perhaps, though, you'd like to post an introductory one of your own, possibly telling us even a wee bit about yourself!

[Doc Alan]

I notice you're replying to threads at random. :Erm: ... perhaps, though, you'd like to post an introductory one of your own, possibly telling us even a wee bit about yourself!

Please do, otherwise this is a Bizarre addition to Bees, Butterflies and the others in this thread :biggrin:.

[Ako Si Jamie]

Nice pics Doc :xxgrinning--00xx3: