Happiness
is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but
which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
~~Nathaniel
Hawthorne
While in Missouri, I had the opportunity to visit the Sophia
Sachs Butterfly House in Faust Park with my Mom and Little Bird.
Love this display!
Little Bird and butterflies have some things in common. They are pretty and they seldom sit
still!
She wasn’t impressed with the butterflies’ lunch… old
bananas.
The blue morphos enjoyed it tho.
Here’s one fluttering around a piece of banana that was
dropped on the walkway.
Little Bird pointed out every butterfly she saw and wanted
its picture taken.
So I did!
This last one would NOT hold still. This is the best shot I could get but I just
had to include it. I think it is one of
the prettiest I saw.
Little Bird liked pointing out the butterflies but she wasn’t
too keen on them getting close to her!
This blur is her dancing away from a butterfly that took an interest in
her. You can see the orange blur
straight above the little sign and just a bit higher than her head.
I have to admit…they can be a bit startling when they
flutter straight for your face!
There is an area where you can observe the chrysalis of
different butterflies. Might even be
fortunate enough to see one emerge!
“New born” butterflies plumping and drying their wings.
Besides the butterflies, the greenhouse is full of beautiful
tropical flowers.
They were lovely.
This last one had the most wonderful scent.
A gentle reminder.
Little Bird said the butterfly was reading the sign.
My little butterfly resting… time to go home.
Love the butterfly and flower collection. I'm thinking that beautiful butterfly that played out in the backseat is the one you went to visit this weekend. Thanks for sharing.
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