During the same morning walk just a few steps further facing the other direction:
Red
Travel mosaic 4 - Zoom out
This is the plant which the snake of thorns is part of:
Snake of thorns - travel mosaic 4
Another close up photo from the city I visited end of January 2020.
I name this photo snake of thorns:
and prick...
Purpur Orange 2b
and here a larger view...
Pink Granite Coast
You might have guessed already that the photo of the "stone alley" was taken at the "Côte de granit rose", the pink granite coast, in Northern Brittany in France. The red stones would have been also suitable for the topic "red".
Alley of Stones
Trail between the stones... you know where it is?
Echinacea - Lots of Visitors
Not only butterflies but also bees and bumblebees:
And a peacock butterfly is joining them:
And this is also the solution of the first riddle.
Echinacea - Small Brown Butterfly
Here we have another visitor for you to guess:
and from the side:
Echinacea - Small Tortoiseshell Visiting
One of the butterflies visiting the cone flower is the small tortoiseshell. Here a few photos with different positions of the wings: