31st May: Wow.....I have got some rest since we finished celebrating effectively 27months of planning and preparing two weddings with our huge families. On 23rd May we had a "blessing" in France at Samuel's church. It was just right for Samuel and I enjoyed the party more than I usually would. I would like to write more about the weddings as it is quite unusual the way we did things. I would also like to keep in touch with people we met on honeymoon and thank all the people who have been so generous to us. Since we got back the weather has turned exceptionally warm and sunny. There has been a great migration of painted lady butterflies (see photograph above) and I counted 21 on a woodland transect where I wouldn't usually see them. I think this is amazing...to witness a migration of a butterfly that has hatched in Northern Morocco make its way onward to mainland Britain. I only saw one or two in meadows last year so I think that this is a special year for this butterfly. One day, maybe when I am older I would like to witness the Monarch butterfly migration in Mexico...but who needs to when this natural phenomenon occurs on your doorstep?