Joy

We visited Butterfly World recently and they have a cool exhibit that lets you feed Lorries. These colorful birds are so full of personality and they love people! John loves feeding them and the bird on his shoulder had just flown up from the bird bath and shook water all over him. John has a real affection for birds. He once volunteered at a local aviary and had the really fun job of socializing the baby parrots. We've been visiting Butterfly World for many years and I came across a picture which is obviously old - but here's the teenager as a little tyke enjoying the Lorrie exhibit even back then...

The Lorries are only one of many exhibits at Butterfly World. Obviously, there are butterflies! They have a laboratory where they provide miniature habitats for caterpillars to weave their cocoons. Then they attach the crysallis' to a hatching area.

They open the hatching area a few times a day to let out the newly emerged butterflies to enjoy the absolutely gorgeous gardens. The butterflies spend their entire lives inside the enclosures, and there are many opportunities to interact with them.

They have two other aviaries where you have a good chance at spying some beautiful birds...



It's a great place to visit and a lot of photography opportunities! These are just a few of the photos I took and I'll be uploading the rest to my Facebook and Flickr photostreams.

I hope everyone is having a great week. God Bless!