Monday 30 May 2016

Butterfly and Chickpea Rescue






















It's been a smashing Bank Holiday weekend, just what I needed.   We travelled up to Somerset to babysit the grandchildren and a jolly time was had by all.  It was good to get away from the stress of trying to buy a house, there has been all sorts of complications, which if we can't get sorted to our satisfaction may mean that we have to pull out.......it doesn't bear thinking about.  Spending time with the grandchildren puts everything into perspective, the littlest one always has a smile on his face and literally dives head first into fun.  While the older two happily spent an afternoon jumping waves, such simple pleasures.  While we were looking for seaweed I spotted a butterfly washed up onto the beach.  I thought it must have been dead but on closer inspection saw it struggling to move.  Scooping it up I painfully trudged up the pebbly beach, sadly not the golden soft sand that we are used to in Cornwall, and placed it carefully onto a bush.  After a few minutes it seemed to recover from its swim, stretched out it's wing to dry and warm itself in the sun.

Sitting on a beach, watching children play, surrounded by beauty and nature.......it really is the little things in life that bring such joy isn't it?

Chickpea xx

18 comments:

  1. It sounds like a wonderful weekend indeed! Have a lovely week.

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  2. I love rescuing buzzers and flutterers as well!

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  3. The butterfly was lucky you found it! Sounds like a lovely weekend, I haven't seen the sea for a long time!

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  4. Sitting on a beach beside the sea makes everything better. hope the house problem gets sorted soon

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  5. I do hope you can get all the problems sorted, it has dragged on far too long, you must be sick of it by now.

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  6. Sounds like a beautiful weekend and just what you needed. Lucky for the butterfly that you found it. Fingers crossed that the house problems get sorted soon. xx

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  7. Sounds like a lovely weekend. I do hope things resolve with your house.

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  8. It all sounds perfect - except for the pebbles!

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  9. Somerset, weekend with grandchildren, yours sounds as great as our's.

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  10. Sounds wonderful, just what I could do with.

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  11. What a great way to spend the weekend! Well done for rescuing the butterfly. :). I am really sorry to hear about the house, what a pain, I hope you can get it sorted.

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  12. This is a lovely post showing the simple joy of family and life. I hope you get your house sorted soon xxx

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  13. All sounds quite lovely. Good on you for butterfly rescuing. Many people wouldn't have. Hope the house issues sort themselves very soon x

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  15. Good catch, Chickpea. What a wonderful encounter with a tiny, beautiful creature.

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  16. you saved a tiny beautiful life, I'd say that's your good deed for the day! a lot of people forget the important role as pollinators that butterflies play

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