It was very spring-ish here in Pennsylvania last week,
but I was in Michigan
and it was not very spring-ish there.
But I did find spring in wintry Michigan -
at the Dow Gardens Butterflies in Bloom exhibit.
It was toasty warm inside the butterfly house -
no coats required.
(But I did have to wait for my camera to defog from the cold.)
There were lots of varieties of butterflies...
more than I have ever seen.
Some butterflies were very friendly and others quite elusive.
It would be difficult to leave without
having one land on you at some point.
I had one on my head and one on my camera.
More butterfly images are here.
The Dow Gardens
1809 Eastman Ave.
Midland, MI
Closed Mondays
Annual Pass $20.00 per person
Adult daily $10.00
Kids (6-17) $2.00
College Students $2.00 (with valid i.d.)
Kids (5 & under) FREE
Adult daily $10.00
Kids (6-17) $2.00
College Students $2.00 (with valid i.d.)
Kids (5 & under) FREE
18 comments:
Beautiful butterflies! Am in awe that they all posed for you:)
Would appreciate your continued presence on Seasons - it has grown week by week, and I cannot thank you enough for immediately jumping in when it started month ago. Would love to see one of these captures this week! Enjoy this week!
These are so gorgeous!!
Thank you for linking up, and being a part of SEASONS!
The Electric company pays for cutting trees close to power lines (of course, they have now some law suits going on -sigh -you know, California). Private compagnies charge here $600 per tree to be cut! So for 12 trees to be cut, you can do the math..
I have always wanted to go in a butterfly house and never have. i have had several sit on me in the back yard, and it is a wonderful feeling. we don't have one anywhere near here... that first photo is just AMAZING!!! i love it. and the one with the little girl is so beautiful
Lovely series of images....thanks for sharing this!
this must have been lovely to see especially whenthey landed on you. They are so beautiful
Totally love your photos. The details are incredible. I have always loved butterflies. Well, my blog's name is Tanama Tales. A tanama is a butterfly in the Taino language.
Oh my goodness....beautiful butterflies and gorgeous photos of them!
I love the one of that sweet little girl looking so lovingly at that butterfly. A pretty moment captured!!!
These are all such lovely photos! Butterflies are so amazing! I hope your snow melts soon! x K
amazing images! i love that clearwing butterfly! {via seasons}
They're all so beautiful.
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You missed Spring, it was the week before in Michigan. I missed it too since we were in the Caribbean :) Great butterfly exhibit. We have one near us at the Fredrick Meijer Gardens, it goes until the end of April. We are hoping for that return of spring, so we can do the outside gardens at the same time.
Beautiful butterflies! I am amazed that that landed on you...no better way to admire them, than close up!
What great shots you got! The butterfly house nearest our house is nice but the 'landing places' for them are not easy to shoot.
When we lived in Germany there was a butterfly house down the road from us. I loved going there in the deep of winter. I vividly remember stepping into the butterfly house and feeling overwhelmingly warm... ahhh. Lovely pictures, it took me right back to our adventures.
Lisa @ LTTL
A great series!
Love these images of our Butterflies in Bloom exhibit! Would you mind if we shared them on social media? info@dowgardens.org
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