Dear Val and Malcolm,
I enormously enjoyed my afternoon with you yesterday, and I was pleased to get plenty of interesting photos. I append five, for you to deal with as you wish.
The occasional obfuscation by pieces of grass, as in the pyramid photo, is intentional. I rather like the hazy effect it gives to photos which aren't intended to help people identify the plant or butterfly - I have plenty of other photos for that.
I'd be delighted if you'd give my enterprise a boost. I sell my cards and photos, rue du Chateau, at the bottom of the hill from the castle going towards the village, late mornings in the summer (April to late October), and by appointment (05.65.65.80.47) throughout the year. I have a very wide stock of photos of the flowers and butterflies of the Najac area and I make cards on the spot from any photo that people choose. I also come out to people to take photos of their houses or gardens, from which I make large photos and/or cards. The photos can be framed immediately and inexpensively (eg. 20 euros for a photo 8 inches by 12 inches) in unglazed frames specially made for me from solid Najac chestnut. I'm always delighted to receive people who want to come late mornings (between 11 am and 1 pm) Rue du Chateau, to discuss what they've found or to help, if I can, with identification of a flower or a butterfly.
The photos from yesterday are up on the site now. I was particularly pleased to find all those flowers, which may seem very ordinary to you, but which I'd not yet found this year, because mostly I've been in the Caussy places where they don't grow. It was lovely to be in those lush meadows.
It was great to meet you both. Thank you very much for your kindness to me and don't hesitate to be in touch or to come to see me in Najac, whenever.
Best wishes, Michael to see the full site visit www.orchideesdenajac.fr
Val says I just love the scarce swallowtail butterfly. Fabulous photos going into the Wild Photos
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| Orchis Pyramidal / Anacamptis pyramidalis / Pyramid Orchid - 30/04/14 |
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Glanville Fritillary on a Buttercup
La Mélitée du plantain / Melitaea cinxia / Glanville Fritillary - 30/04/14
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| Scarce Swallowtail on Crimson Clover
Le Flambé / Iphiclides podalirius / Scarce Swallowtail - 30/04/14
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| Orchidée à la langue / Serapias lingua / Tongue Orchid - 30/04/14 |
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Small Blue on Kidney Vetch
L'Argus frêle / Cupido minimus / Small Blue - 30/04/14
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