Yesterday the Red Admirals were feasting on the windfall apples, a late summer tradition in Max’s garden. I enjoy this annual event as much as the tipsy butterflies, watching them flit from fruit to rotting fruit, with the odd frisky interval. I’d best make it quite clear that it was the butterflies that were frisky, not me. Neither was I tipsy. Far from the flocking bank holiday hoards, I was content working in the warm sunshine and welcome calm, all was serene.
There was a slight blip in my tranquil day, which involved a close encounter of the slow worm kind. The accident was quickly resolved and his home reinstated. I left two juicy slugs near his disturbed front door as recompense. Hopefully I am forgiven and he has recovered from the invasion of the giant gardener.
Off The Edge Gardening 
Wonderful, I get Red Admirals here. What is a slow worm?
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They are wonderful, I am now wondering if it is one word ….. https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/reptiles/slow-worm
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Oh crikey. I’ll be allowing the neighbouring cats to visit.
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Oddly, or maybe not there are legless lizards here..yours are British.
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What are yours called?
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Florida Glass Lizards – funky things.
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It is a problem when us over zealous tidy gardeners, start working, almost sure to disturb something, I bet they just loved your peace offering.
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Slow worms are amazing creatures, and live long lives if not predated, usually by cats, sadly. We have several in the garden..even came across some very young ones last year. One reason to leave lots of leaves at the base of our stone wall.
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Anything looking like a slow worm in this country is best given a very wide berth.
I do like you lovely butterfly though: very colourful.
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