Colours of Nature

I went for my regular weekend photo shoot in the forest and here are some that caught my attention...

Grey on grey - this tiny butterfly is the Malayan Six-ring (sometimes known as Horsfield's Six-ring). It was resting on a pile of dead leaves in the sun and its cryptic undersides blended perfectly with its environment.

Earlier on in the morning in a totally different area...

Frequent rain induced some flowering of grasses which suddenly shoot up in abundance after a period of dry season from May till August.

The glistening hair is not from a hairy arm but the young bamboo shoot fallen from last night's rain and wind...

Spectacular beauty from the velvety insides of a Pointed Ciliate Blue, a tiny butterfly that inhabits the jungle paths...

Nature has its own agenda with the making of beauty - a Long Banded Silverline puddling by a sand bank.

And a caterpillar with unusual appendages...

Our New Resident Flycatcher

Lately, a Pied Fantail took fancy to our back garden: I have been observing it catching insects around our lily pots (good) and taking baths in the lily pots. What was amazing is the fact that it is completely friendly and seem to go about its business completely oblivious to the going ons in the kitchen...

Annecy on Bastille Day

I visited Annecy on the French Bastille Day (14 July 2013) and not surprising, the old town centre was off limit to our tour bus (surprised that the driver might not have known about it). As it was a half-day visit, boat trip inclusive, we didn't have much time after the lake tour, just enough for a quick lunch and some souvenir shopping...

the dock (freshwater) with a clear water river flowing directly into Lac Annecy...

Vistas of the lake from the ferry...the mountains on the background are parts of the Alps...

the old city of Annecy...

Had a meal (duck breast) justly in a restaurant called "Le Bastille"...

a street act...

a coot having a swell time picking on water plants (think it is looking for crustaceans)...