The butterfly is a flying flower,
The flower is a tethered butterfly.
~ Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun

If you come to S. Lorenzo in Banale or the mountain in North Italy region, you can easily find this type of wild flower. Small and beautiful.

從初春一直到現在，每回我們回到山上的家中，總是會在家門前的草地發現這種小花。偶爾當我們爬到更高海拔的Ｓ舅的山上小屋時，總是會發現一整片草地上，開滿這小不點的黃色小花。
Apart from this yellow flower, I think you will also find lots of butterflies flying around. As the quote I put at the beginning, I would agree that these butterflies are flowers that can fly. Therefore I enjoy so much seeing a flying flower stops on a real flower; at the same time I tried my best to catch the moment.

滿地的黃色小花吸引著我這個外國人，但我的駐足並不單單只因為這小花兒而已。不如平地容易開滿鮮花的山間，依舊是充滿著生氣，蝴蝶兒們為了生存，紛紛被小花吸引。我總是會躡手躡腳地慢慢靠近停在小花兒上的蝶兒，試著用相機捕捉這朵會飛舞的花。

Two butterflies. I think they are in love. 兩隻蝴蝶在花上追逐著，我想他們戀愛了！

This is probably the first time that I see a wild butterfly so closely.

第一次跟野生蝴蝶如此地接近…

Nature has been preserved well in S.Lorenzo; that’s probably the reason why butterflies are shy but still around. Sometimes when Ringo, S’ dog, traces bees for fun, I trace the butterflies that appear at S’ mom’s garden.

在Ｓ媽的花圃裡，也經常有蝴蝶們的蹤影。我跟家裡那隻四歲的德國狼犬經常在花圃裡逗留，只是他追逐的是飛來飛去的蜜蜂，而我則是對有著不同顏色翅膀的蝴蝶著迷。躡手躡腳之外，還要外加拉長鏡頭，只是這些野生蝴蝶們生性害羞，總是很快地就拍著翅膀飛走，所以眾多照片中，也只有少數可以看到她們的翩翩身影。

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Autumn is coming and butterflies are away. But next spring I will be well-prepared for taking more and nicer pictures of them.

今年的蝶，就看到這裡了！我期待明年的春天，趁著山上的野花初開之時，再到草地上拍下舞蝶的風采。