The Next Step

About a year ago I saw a Cinnabar Moth but didn't manage to photograph it.  A few days ago I saw one and managed to get my camera to it....almost.  In fact I photographed it and it is sort of identifiable.  Perhaps next year I will get the opportunity to get a proper photograph.  

Thankful Thursday

I've had a week of feeling a bit someting or other than my usual self  Don't know why.  I don't have any sort of a reason.  But there we are.  Life's like that.  Anyway today I am feeling particularly thankful because the feeling has lifted and life's been pretty good.  I decided to go and play Golf Croquet this morning and couldn't do anything wrong.  There is something very satisfying about doing something you love and doing it well.  This seemed to set the trend for the rest of the day.  

Whilst we were in the middle of a game a Cinnabar Moth decided to befriend me.  I don't recall seeing one before but I'd never bank on it.  It was however an exciting experience.  I don't carry the camera with me on the lawn (now there's a surprise) and my cellphone camera didn't manage to catch it.  Shame.  

So tonight I'm thankful for very insignificant things which are, nevertheless, of great importance to me:  playing well and being excited by seeing a moth.

One For Cynthia

Cynthia posted on Hummingbird Moth At The Lilacs on Saturday.  I commented on how great they were and that they were similar to the Convolvulus Hawk Moth that I’d photographed in Menorca.  I said that we don’t have the Hawk Moths in New Zealand but although they are not in my book they are, according to the New Zealand, Landcare Research, a native but are called a Kumera (Sweet Potato) Hawk Moth.  Cynthia asked me to show my photos so here they are: