Peacocks, Pigeons and Sweet Peas

Butterflies have been few and far between in our London garden this year. A few cabbage whites, which have the disadvantage of ruining your cabbages but otherwise, only a small blue one from time to time. They are too fast to photograph. Just a flash against the blue of the sky and they’re gone.

Two peacock butterflies out of 21!

Two peacock butterflies out of 21!

We were down for a day in the Cotswolds. There’s a huge buddleia bush at the gate to the house and I counted twenty one peacock butterflies on it. Buddleia is known commonly as the ‘butterfly bush’ but mine doesn’t seem to have the same allure! Still, it’s good to know that the continuing late summer has helped the butterfly population to recover.

The butterfly bush lives up to its name

The butterfly bush lives up to its name

Sweet peas are one of my favourite ever summer flowers, especially the perfumed ones. Even the most expensive perfumes can’t reproduce that fragrance. Here they are sitting by the back door in an odd combination with leeks. We got to take the leeks from the garden home with us.

Odd companions ...

Odd companions …

A collared dove making the most of the heatwave ...

A collared dove making the most of the heatwave …

On a beautiful, warm, summer’s day in the Cotswolds.

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