Áilleán ..

.. or vanessa cardui or painted lady. Whichever I was thrilled to see this lone beauty, briefly alighting on rock near the ox eye daisies.  They like to come to Ireland for their hols from North Africa - apparently it's the damp that attracts them. Huh. Yes, a brief interlude in the downpours and I risked a yomp around the circuit.  Rain came in swiftly later The lady had disappeared, probably soaking it all up somewhere. I was marooned in the polytunnel with the cat and Himself came with an umbrella to fetch me!

Thank you for all the good wishes for Himself, I am pleased to report that he is feeling a lot more comfortable today and there have been no more horrible twinges. He's just having to take it very easy - tóg  go bog é in fact!

I'm sneaking this in for flower Friday, although the flowers are out of focus - butterfly pretty sharp though considering there was stalking going on.