Catching The Rays

Glorious sunshine today....so rare this year ! With talk of another Arctic winter looming, it's lovely to catch some rays along with the last of the years butterflies. In April we had what many of us thought was the start of a long hot summer, butterflies and all. May saw the weather go downhill and along with all the insect life, Summer did not arrive at all. Virtually the only butterflies I saw this year were a Tortoiseshell in April and Peacock in October !