Not only did my calendar say Spring Equinox today (vårdagjämning in Swedish) - the sun was shining, it felt like spring in the air, I found the first spring flowers at last - and even spotted the first butterfly!
After lunch I went for my usual Friday "recycling walk" to bins located some 10 minutes walk from home; and after I was done with my sorting there, I went to check on a nearby flowerbed along a south-west facing facade - a place where I do often find the very first spring flowers in my neighbourhood...
And when I got close, I was happy to find not only snowdrops, but also the first few crocuses - and one butterfly, probably still feeling dazed from winter hibernation... (And making me wonder if it, too, knew exactly where to look for the first flowers, because there are certainly not many of them to be seen yet!!)
"The small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) (Swedish: nässelfjäril) is a colourful Eurasian butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Adults feed on nectar and may hibernate over winter; in warmer climates they may have two broods in a season. --- Eggs are laid on the common nettle, on which the larvae feed." (Wikipedia)
we have zero flowers here, other houses do, but they planted them and there are only 2 in our walking area with flowers, they are flower beds newly planted.. have not been anywhere else to see what is growing
ReplyDeleteHappy happy equinox!
ReplyDeleteLike the quiet return of life itself, carried on sunlight, fragile blooms, and a single wandering butterfly.
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