Copper

I caught a glimpse out of the window this morning of this beautiful small copper butterfly on the asters and just couldn't help myself.

Having had the invite to go round to a local friend's pond I spent a glorious few hours this afternoon taking in the dragons flitting around in the sun. All the usual suspects for this time of year but still lovely to see and a few little brown birds to boot which I thought initially were chiffchaffs but now I've got home I'm not so sure. 

Walked the dogs at a pace and now sat here a little more enthusiastically than I have for a while. That has to be good.