Saturday, April 10, 2010

Butterfly Pavilion

My cousins are vacationing in Washington, DC this weekend,
so I ventured into the city yesterday to meet up with them
and tour some of the museums and monuments.

The highlight of my excursion was visiting the Butterfly Pavilion
at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
A live exhibit of moths and butterflies!

We were told to be very careful because the butterflies
fly low and could possibly land on you!
One landed on my cousin's finger!

10 comments:

  1. Lynn LungerApril 10, 2010 at 12:10 PM

    Oooooo! We were just there in March. My daughter and I went into the butterfly pavillion... we could have stayed for hours but for the heat and humidity!

    Lovely!

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  2. holly aka gollyApril 10, 2010 at 12:56 PM

    Lynn - Yes, it was a little warm in there - but wasn't it fascinating?

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  3. Gloria Freshley Art and DesignApril 10, 2010 at 1:45 PM

    Amazingly beautiful photos, Holly. The first one especially. Thanks for posting them. And the knot garden series is lovely.

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  4. holly aka gollyApril 10, 2010 at 2:00 PM

    Thank you Gloria! It was so much fun and inspiring too!

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  5. LauraApril 11, 2010 at 11:56 AM

    thanks i did not know about this! beautiful:)

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  6. holly aka gollyApril 11, 2010 at 11:57 AM

    Thanks Laura! You should go! You'll love it.

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  7. cindy shakeApril 12, 2010 at 11:59 AM

    HOW INSPIRING and what a treat! Look at those colors and patterns -I hope you took lots of pictures to fuel some incredible art ;o)

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  8. holly aka gollyApril 12, 2010 at 1:20 PM

    Hi Cindy - I did indeed.

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  9. caroline/oh chalet!April 12, 2010 at 9:35 PM

    that last one is gorgeous!

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  10. holly aka gollyApril 13, 2010 at 9:06 AM

    thanks caroline! ; )

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