Green Black and Blue Make the Colors in the Sky

[kaitou]

Sunday I woke up and joined the other couple that was staying at the Bed and Breakfast for said Breakfast. He was from England, and she was from the Netherlands, and they both had their orange on for the world cup. We had a very nice chat over a fresh berry parfait, sausage, fritatta, toast, coffee and tea. They were the kind of sophisticated people that have been everywhere and done everything that I'm always envious of. It was a pretty good ego-stroke to be able to say 'Oh yes, I remember that when I went to China,' or 'Well, when I lived in Japan...' I don't think I will ever feel sophisticated so it's always a shock to hold my own in that sort of conversation.

After breakfast I decided to go to the Butterfly conservatory that I saw a sign for on my way into Canada. Because you know, all the cool kids (aphelion_orion) are doing it. I plugged 'butterfly' into the GPS and took off. Only to find that the 'Butterfly Learning Center' is a DAYCARE. Um. What I really wanted was the Wings of Paradise Butterfly Conservatory. Luckily it wasn't far from the Learning Center.

How cool!! There were so many beautiful butterflies. I tried to get pictures of each type, but I couldn't always manage it. There were some gigantic blue ones that were so fast you just couldn't get a shot. I had butterflies land on me...6 times I think. One of them landed on me 4 times, I could tell it was the same one because it's wing was a bit broken. I wanted to get a shot badly, but it always landed on my camera or camera hand.

I took lots of pictures, and I have to say that I really, really love my camera. It did a great job of getting good close shots. You can even see the compound eyes and loopy tongues in some of the pictures. Please take a look at them here.

Comments

[twigcollins.livejournal.com]

Owl Butterfly is awesome!

I think I have a cross-stitch of the big blue ones.

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

ooh. They were selling butterflies under glass. It was really hard not to buy some. And i know I'll kick myself once I get home for not getting them.

[mewsrissicat.livejournal.com]

I know that one finch could NOT have been sleeping, but it sure looks like it. ^_^

These are so gorgeous, as is the boarding house. (And to tell you a secret, I think we all feel the same way inside - a bit insecure. But if you're fun to talk with, it's still a win for everyone.)

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

LOL, the pictures of the finch on the branch are all the same bird, all taken in quick succession. The bird was...scratching? it's shoulder and then looked up. So I got three shots out of the action.

[soranokumo.livejournal.com]

Oooh, those photos really are lovely. Makes me want to visit the butterfly room at the Phipps again.

Also, I'm amused because I started singing that song in the car yesterday randomly. XD Now I know why!

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

hahaha! Thanks! I love this camera, it can take such good macro shots.

Maybe next time I'm over we'll go?

[melf42.livejournal.com]

Cool pics - I'm impressed that you remembered all their names! (...and which names went with which picture, even.) That's funny about the daycare - but good job tracking the real place down.

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

XD oh you give me far too much credit. The conservatory website has a chart of the butterflies you can find there, and I matched the chart against the pictures when I uploaded them. I had no idea what anything was (other than the monarch) while I was actually taking pictures.

And the GPS found the butterfly place on the second try.