Moomins and First Butterfly

“The morning sun brought the first butterfly of spring. It was a deep yellow… almost golden… and that thought took me straight back to childhood and Moomin Valley, for…

“…as everyone knows, if the first butterfly you see is yellow the summer will be a happy one. If it is white then you will just have a quiet summer. Black and brown butterflies should never be talked about – they are much too sad.” Tove Jannson, ‘Finn Family Moomintroll”

And the first butterfly saw today, was a yellow one