Butterfly Garden

This is a continuation of the trip we took in August 2008









I never got around to posting about our day at the Butterfly Gardens in Canada.


The Butterfly garden was in a large, barn shaped building with a glass roof. The building was filled with flowering trees and plants that provided food and shelter for thousands of butterflies.

They bring in thousands of tropical butterfly chrysalis and hatch them out.

It was hot and humid inside like a tropical rainforest. Misters kept the moisture in the air very high.

There were colorful butterflies fluttering by everywhere we looked. I tried to get pictures of them flying, but they were too quick to get a good picture. I did get a few pictures of them as they rested on trees.

The upward turning pitcher plant is about 8 inches long! I didn't know they were that big!

The big hanging bells were about 12-15 feet long.


The brown butterflies with "eyes" on the side were brilliant florescent blue inside. I tried to get a picture of them when they were open, but the picture just turned out brown. It didn't capture the florescence! They were fruit loving butterflies feasting on bananas.

The pink flowers in the flamingo picture are also shown in closeup. They were very brilliant and fluffy looking.

My Birthday!

Yesterday was my birthday. I'm not telling how old that makes me! The staff at Greg's office game me a little party with veggies and dip (my choice!)

Then, for dinner, Greg, Amber and I went out to eat at Sizzlers. I got the lemon herb chicken and rice.

After that, we all went to the Latin Dance Club at ISU. It was our first time there. It was held in a room at Reed Gym. There were about 10 or 12 people there - mostly college students, but some older too. For the first hour there was dance instruction. We learned the basic steps for the salsa, and a few turns and variations. Amber caught on really fast; she had attended a Salsa workshop last semester. But it took Greg and I us almost the whole time to get it right - my feet just didn't' want to go the right way - but we finally got it!

There are three dance clubs at ISU: ballroom, swing, and Latin. They each meet every week. We will try to get to one of them each week!

On Sunday, Sarah and Glen will come over and I will have a birthday cake and open my presents. I like birthdays that last several days!