L Argus bleu céleste
The Adonis blue
English version below the pictures
Ma plus jeune fille, Isabelle, qui vit dans le Kent en Angleterre par la mer aime marcher sur les collines de craie entre Dover et Folkestone. Elle aime tous les êtres vivants, les animaux et les plantes. Vous souvenez-vous des photos de taureaux qu’elle a prises dans les prairies de ces collines publiées ici il y a quelque temps.
Cette fois, elle m’a récemment envoyé une photo d’un papillon splendide: l’ Argus bleu céleste . C’est un papillon plutôt petit et seul le mâle est bleu. La femelle est brune. Cette espèce commune en France est plutôt rare en Angleterre et située au sud dans les prairies crayeuses, liées à des espèces végétales telles que l’ hippocrépide chevelu, la coronille bigarrée et le lotus corniculatus. Sur la deuxième photo, nous voyons une fleur jaune de cette famille de plantes ( fabacaea ou légumineuses ).
On peut imaginer l’ émotion à trouver cette beauté à la fois si discrète et si brillante ….et de réussir à la photographier. Cela méritait bien une entrée , non ? La Création est une merveille .
Photos Isabelle Fauquet May 2017
My youngest daughter, Isabelle, who lives in Kent in England by the sea, loves to walk on the chalk hills between Dover and Folkestone . She loves all living beings, animals and plants. Do you remember the photos of bulls she took in the grassland on those hills posted here some time ago?
This time she sent recently to me a photo of a splendid butterfly : the Adonis blue . This is a rather small butterfly and only the male is blue .The female is brown . This specie common in France is rather rare in England and located in the south in the chalk grasslands linked to vegetal species such horseshow vetch , crown vetch and lotus corniculatus . On the second picture we see a yellow flower of this family of plants ( fabaceae)
We can imagine the emotion to find this beauty both so discrete and so shining ! … and to succeed a picture of it. This deserved an entry , no? The Creation is a wonder.
Isabelle in the garden March 2017
fauquetmichel
Nature is so amazing and surprising! Lovely photographs. Michel, my blog was hacked, I have a new address https://houseofheartweb.wordpress.com/
sorry , Holly, for this violation of your blog . Whatever I will follow you
That is a beautiful blue butterfly. No wonder it is rare.
Beautiful butterfly. It glows. 🙂
Que c’est beau, Michel! Je crois que j’ai vu le même papillon à Hong Kong. Félicitation à la photographier!
Oui, Louisa, je la féliciterai pour sa patience et son amour de la nature ,
What a lovely butterfly. Thank you for sharing with us. Nature has much beauty to offer us.
Hope all is well with you and Janine. Hugs.
Thanks Elizabeth . janine is much better but must observe limits in her movements . And, after the burglarizing we keep our calm
How fortunate Isabelle is! By the yellow flower it looked like a butterfly we have around here, that orange and brown.
Hope you and Janine have recovered yourself and home to where you feel comfortable once again.
I have just commented your entry on Xanga, Bonnie !! 🙂
Here all the repairs are not done yet ( locks ) but we adapt ourselves !!
Quite beautiful.
Those are the ones that Vladimir Nabokov was interested in!
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/02/nabokovs-blues/
Thank you Neil for your important contribution to this entry by letting us know the work of Novokov on the Lycaenidaes blue. It is interesting to know at the origin they come by migration from Asia to America via Beiring Strait. Nabokov was both a novelist and a scientist. ( it’s rare )
Very nice photo! It is always a treat to discover a familiar thing in an unexpected place!
and this starts a study about the ecosystem pf the ADONIS BLUE
I do remember the bulls! 🙂
And these are beautiful photos! That butterfly is stunning! 🙂
Like Isabelle, I love to walk and observe nature! You never know what you’re going to see! Recently, I’ve seen butterflies (which I love), bees, lizards, birds, and bunny rabbits! 🙂
Prayers are continuing for you and Janine. For healing, for safety, and for recovery from your recent trauma.
(((HUGS))) and ❤ 🙂
I remember , you live in the mountains and they have a rich fauna and flora .
Thanks for your prayers . We are recovering but now those are the papers for insurances and repairs ( locks ) to do.
Yes, I am fortunate to see a lot of flora and fauna. 🙂
You’re welcome!
It certainly is blog worthy! The charm of your blog is its portrait of bucolic village life.
You are right , Judy, and some of my children share my love for Nature .
Pretty butterfly
Did you meet such little blue butterfly in your area ?
We get butterflies but so far to cold here
So beautiful!
Lovely!
I am sure she was not only surprised, but also became nostalgic and homesick for her motherland.
Hope you and Janine are doing well.
Love,
Zakiah.
Thanks Zakiah we are recovering .
About my daughter in England , she loves the area where she lives because it is surrounded of hills and sea shore keeping their wldness . She loves to walk there . But of course she is also happy when she come back our home
That is magnificent. Such a beautiful color!
Love the bus! Once I was walking across a hot parking lot when a tiger swallowtail butterfly landed on my glasses and drank sweat by my eye. It was a magical moment that made work that day special.
Probably because you are a pure sugar man and you attract the beautiful butterflies that feast with your sweat! 🙂
Beautiful !
What a lovely, tiny blue butterfly. I too, look for different creatures that fly through my yard and amazed at what one can see when they are still. Thanks for you and Isabella sharing. Enjoy the weekend. Ours will all of a sudden be hot (85F-90F). Planting veggie garden this a.m. ……. Marilyn ❤
We had a hot week end too after rain and thunderstorms the previous days . This rain is welcome because the earth was really thirsty. The vegetables are goig to soar ! 🙂
I love watching butterflies in my little garden , those are beautiful butterflies that your daughter has capture in her photographs
Nature is a marvel!! I do remember the photo of the bull Isabelle took. This butterfly is really stunning – such a vivid blue! 🙂
Superbe papillon, merci Isa et Papa de nous en faire profiter.Ils deviennent de plus en plus rare. Passez une bonne journée je vous embrasse
Oh how beautiful Michel. What a wonderful place to be.
I can comment but can not get into my blog so when I see your blog posts on face book I will com here and comment. Tim and I are getting healthy again and doing better.
Your daughter inherited your love of nature and beauty…And the beauty of nature from you. Life is much better for us who can discern the beauty that surrounds us in creation …
Love always,
votre amie
Francoise
Yes , Françoise, from the tiny one to the gigantic one Nature offers to us all sorts of beautiful beings that we have to be able to see and enjoy.
L’Argus bleu céleste. Oui en effet, de la merveille en notre Univers!
Un beau dimanche nous vous souhaitons de Nidau ensoleillée,
AM&Johann
What beautiful photographs! Thank you for posting the photo of the Adonis blue. How beautiful he is!
Your friend,
Linda
.Yes , Linda, this is a simple and humble beauty that asks to be captured .
Bonjour ou bonsoir MICHEL pas joli ce matin en ANGLETERRE toutes mes condoléances et courage au peuple Britannique
S’il existe un sentiment
Pas toujours perçu a sa juste valeur, c’est bien l’amitié
Elle est beaucoup plus sincère et profonde
Que la simple camaraderie
Redonne souvent de l’espoir quand la vie est difficile
L’amitié ne s’épanouit de respect et d’honnêteté
Voila donc pourquoi, jouir de ton amitié
D’une personne comme toi, est un immense privilège
Que rien au monde ne serait remplacer
Je te souhaite une belle et agréable journée ou soirée
Je te fais de Gros Bisous.
Bernard
Truly these are lovely pictures taken by Isabelle, Michel! Hope all is well with you and the family, mom ami! Cheers!
Thank you Michel for both your comments, including your kind birthday wishes to me, I do appreciate it! Continued good health and happiness to you and your family! Cheers!
Enjoy your birthday , my friend Larry.
What a pretty butterfly!
And Isabelle looks very satisfied in the garden!
The Adonis Blue your daughter photographed is very beautiful, Michel. It is wonderful to meet people with a love of nature and the world around them. 🙂
Nature always is there . She is waiting for you and love you.
What a gorgeous butterfly!!
yes, the Adonis blue is certainly worth a post! I love watching butterflies and also the dragon flies, do you have dragon flies in Amiens? ILYM