yesterday when we went, lillie was in 7th heaven. it wasn't so crowded, and she could run around and spot butterflies to her heart's content. luckily, there were butterflies everywhere. she was so happy, gleefully running this way and that, chasing butterflies and laughing. what a sight. here are a few of the hundreds of pictures i took. i also uploaded some non-butterfly pictures from this trip, to my images section of my gather page.
don't worry about the paucity of photos here - we'll go back to meijer gardens. in a few weeks, we're meeting my aunt carol and her family there. lillie and rodney will have a wonderful time, i am sure.
meanwhile, here are some colorful and very elegant butterflies. think of a large three-story conservatory, filled with a waterfall, a plethora of jungle plants, misty air, and thousands of beautiful butterflies. i could have sat and breathed in the air for hours, entertained by the visual feast.
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I have been to Meijer Gardens with my sister on one of our visits to Michigan. We were there in the fall, and I remember the beautiful fall color, and the wood sculptures. Maybe I should post some pictures from our visit. It's kind of sad...my brother-in-law was still alive then...his Pancreatic cancer had not yet been diagnosed.
please post. my favorite is the huge horse. i am going to find my pix and put some up, too! we should have a group, eh?
it is a digital camera, a canon powershot a1IS - i love it! thanks, everyone! i love the moving one, too, tony. such fun!
Yesterday at the grocery store, I lifted a bunch of bananas and on the underside was a lovely black insect - maybe a butterfly, but so slender, it also looked wasp-like. Next to it was a kind of cocoonish, cottony stuff. The bananas were stickered Costa Rica, and I am charmed by the idea that this little traveler made it into an Ohio winter. I know how dangerous non-native species can be to an ecosystem, but it seems like a good sign if the bananas are sprayed so little that a black butterfly/wasp can survive.
You have such an exhuberant and sensitive nature. Thank you for taking us along with you and showing us the beauty of the gardens through your gifted eyes.