fragments in time

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…deserve a post.
(Inspired by unquiet.heart and eidechse)

Like unquiet.heart, I’ve been in love with cyan since the beginning of the year.
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As well as with other shades in the bright turquoise range.
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Another of my current favorites is a bright and clear red.
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I also like a combination of some bright colors
resembling a rainbow.

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These two have been among my favorites since about a year now, especially in combination with each other.
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This is another combination I like.
And copper just rocks.
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And finally: black and white and blue.
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Last weekend when I was on my way
into the woods I saw one of these:
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Letztes Wochenende sah ich einen von diesen
auf dem Weg in den Wald:

Photo courtesy of wolf 359
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The orange dots were really eye-catching and I wondered
what kind of butterfly it was. I had never seen one like this
before. By a little research I learned that it was a male Orange Tip
(Anthocharis cardamines) which belongs to the Pieridae family.

One of their main sources of food is Garlic Mustard.
A few weeks ago I met a woman in the same place
who was gathering herbs. I asked her what herbs are growing there
and one of the plants she showed me was Garlic Mustard.
It’s a nice experience to see correlations like this with my own eyes
and without consciously being on the lookout for it. I will, however,
try to learn more about such ecological correlations in the next time.
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Die orangefarbenen Flecken sind mir sofort ins Auge gefallen
und ich fragte mich, was das für einer ist. Ich hatte so einen
noch nie zuvor gesehen. Ein paar kleine Nachforschungen ergaben,
dass es sich um einen männlichen Aurorafalter
(Anthocharis cardamines) handelt, der zur Familie
der Weißlinge gehört.

Eine der Hauptnahrungsquellen des Aurorafalters
ist die Knoblauchsrauke. Ein paar Wochen
zuvor traf ich an fast genau der gleichen Stelle
eine Frau, die Kräuter sammelte. Ich fragte sie, was man
hier denn so sammeln kann, und eine der Pflanzen,
die sie mir zeigte, war die Knoblauchsrauke.
Ich finde es spannend, solche Zusammenhänge
direkt zu erleben und werde versuchen, in nächster Zeit
noch mehr davon kennenzulernen.
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