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Donna Race | all galleries >> West Virginia SP-560 Seasonal Journal >> Spring in WV ~ 2008 ~ SP-560 >> Life in a WV Canadian Thistle Patch ~ A PBlog Journal ~ 2008 > A Partial View of My Thistle/Butterfly Garden
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17-JUN-2008 Donna Race

A Partial View of My Thistle/Butterfly Garden

It is very difficult to show how much activity is going on right now. I tried to count and saw at least 36 fritillaries, the most plentiful species at this time. This is a slight crop of one section. The patch is probably about 40' x 20', at the top of a little hill to the right of our driveway, and starts at the end of our daffodil garden (120' long). The "Rails to Trails" is to the north...the shaded dark area in this photo. I only take BMacro close-ups at the top edge since moving through the patch is impossible. The ground is very uneven and has a steep slope, I'd hate to disturb everything, not to mention that I also would be tangled and scratched up!

Olympus SP-560 UZ
1/100s f/6.3 at 19.4mm iso125 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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