17 September 2013. Still in Liguria, Italy, shortly before arrival in the abandoned village Bussare. Two damselflies of the Lestidae family making a heart-shaped figure for mating.
We arrive at Bussare. The streets still have names. In the middle is a small square, with a sign Piazza Cavour, honouring a nineteenth century politician. However, now, in the twenty-first century, I don’t see any human living here.
However, I do see butterflies. Like a male silver-washed fritillary butterfly.
The Roman Catholic church building’s name, «Immaculate Conception«, is still there. Now, however, accompanied by another sign: «For sale».
We walk back, past Bussare. On a blackberry bush, another beautiful butterfly, one of the biggest species in Europe: a two-tailed pasha.
We go back to the bridge. Now, a hummingbird hawk-moth feeding at the butterfly-bush.
Will there be lizards, or snakes, near the old tyre? Not this…
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