painted lady

 

9/11 (not a disaster)

Saturday 11th Sept was a decent day out with Mary and Nick doing the usual route round Gullane. I seem to have forgotten to take photos of the run. But when we got back to the car, parked near the public loos in Goose Green Road, the sun had come out and the buddleia was awash with a painted lady. Haha! Okay, not quite the scene as it was in 2019 when a couple of dozen Painted Ladies were all over the same buddleia flowers. But given the shortage of Painted Ladies this year it was very welcome and I was glad that Nick and Mary stood and chatted for 15mins while I dashed about taking photos of this one and a small tort which had the place to themselves.

couple of speckleds dancing in the sun