Despite the heat of yesterday - 89 C

... I still managed to do a little bit of work on the Newsletter.  

And was it hot?  If this house gets hot then it really IS hot.   It's cooled down  a little now and I did sleep properly for a few hours but was awake again just after five.

There were butterflies around in the garden in the morning and I wrote this piece for FB using yesterdays Blip image, `The Big Butterfly Count began last Friday. There are not too many butterflies about in the garden at the moment but I did see two Meadow Browns (above) last night at least one Gatekeeper (maybe two) this morning. It's not easy to distinguish between the two when they are in flight. Also a small white last night, small tortoiseshell during the day and also (I think) a Holly Blue, which we don't see every year. I found a photo of the Buddleja from last year which on August the first was looking triumphant. This year it's already looking well pas its best. But I do like the touch of purple that it brings to this image (see yesterday).' But the evening was cloudy and only the bees were active.