Maybe the SBG is a better place

Okay, just another trip to the Singapore

Botanic Gardens ( SBG ). So what? I

often go there, and there's the same things,

but always, a surprise. I seemed to love going

there after the incident of the blue winged pitta.

This time, the treat is about butterflies. I was

chasing a chocolate pansy, one of S'pore's most

common butterflies, and got this lovely image

of the pansy. ( sunbathing, below )

The butterfly did come to puddle on my foot,

it felt kind of ticklish. Then not long after, this

skink came into view. ( below )

Okay, all the action starts now. Drawn by a male

common birdwing, the rare and elusive common

rose caught my eye. I looked again, could it just

be the very common common mormon? No! Its

body was orange. I did not manage to get its picture

taken but at least I saw it. Then a common palmfly

fluttered beside me. Well, palmflies are common, but

I have never gotten so close to one. Snap! ( below )

Then, a butterfly distracted me. As I was rather

sweaty it landed near me probably thinking if it

should come and puddle on my head. ( below perching )

The photo was taken from below, and now, again,

a butterfly distracted me. No. It was not only one, it

was a pair of mating grass yellows. I couldn't

identify them as they were quite far away. My

image ( below ) is not sharp coz' of the distance.

Now, time to go. As my sister was evaporating,

yes, she was parched. So, we went home.

If only everyday was like this.......