Today was beautiful, a welcome break from wet and windy weather that seems to be hanging around. We visited the allotment to harvest the remainder of the beets and to do a spot of weeding. There’s still a fair bit of work to be done before the real winter weather arrives, mainly harvesting, tidying and hand weeding. Oh, and garlic planting. Lots of garlic.
We sat for a while in the warm sunshine listening to the sounds of the allotment, observing the 2 minute silence at 11am. Then I noticed a Comma butterfly visiting the Field Scabious growing on our plot, a very welcome visitor. Going by the wing shape and condition I’m pretty certain our Comma visitor was male and from the summer brood, he will hibernate soon and be on the wing next spring with a bit of luck.
The Garden Smallholder 
Wonderful!
Wish the butterfly and you well.
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Many thanks beeseeker, I wish you well too
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Beautiful :) and a lovely visitor indeed :) hugs Fozziemum x
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It sounds idyllic! :)
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Wonderful photos.. :o)
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Lovely. I am waiting for a dry spell to get down to the allotment. I haven’t been for two weeks or more – the longest time ever without a visit I think. It’s just been too wet at the times I’ve been free. I think a drier spell may be coming next week though.
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Lucky you seeing that. I spent a couple of hours on the plot tidying up the strawberry patch but although bright there was a cold wind. xx
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Beautiful pictures! Looks like it was indeed a lovely day
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I’m pretty sure our butterflies have given up we’ve had so much rain here.
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