Butterflies at Meijer Gardens

This here is the Da Vinci horse. It is rather large.

It is very, very cold outside, and thus, there is no one else out here. On the one hand, it's nice that it's not crowded. On the other hand, if we stayed out here too much longer, we would die.

So here is Jamilah by the horse. As I mentioned, the horse is very big.

And here I am by the horse.

We are now inside the butterfly exhibit thing. It's a lot warmer in here, and a lot more humid. Consequently, everything fogs up instantly. Anyway, it's early in the season, so there aren't that many butterflies, so we had to search for there. There's a black and white one in the center of the picture there.

And now it's flying away.

Looking up, the roof is high up, and greenhousey.

Here's another guy by the window. He may or may not be among the living.

Cocoons!

There's another guy above that leaf there.

There is another guy (black and red) on a leaf in the middle of the picture. He was rather active, and occasionally posed for me, which was nice of him.

Here he is, posing.

Here's a good look at what much of the butterfly area looked like. Lots of trees, flowers, and moist air. I'm told these sorts of things make some people rather happy... trees in particular, apparently.

I caught this shot as one butterfly was relocating.

Here is my friend posing again.

Very nice.

Here is a fancy white and black butterfly latched on to a leaf.

Just behind that guy was this guy, who seemed unconcerned with people standing right next to him, or toddlers more or less running them over. (Other people's kids are terrible.)

So this guy just sat patiently and let me take pictures of him. He was rather amazing looking.

Here's Jamilah, who has fallen in love with this butterfly.

The butterfly remains.

Butterfly on the leaf.

Here he is all zoomed in and pixelated.

Here's another view of the trees.

Here's a poster they have of all the butterflies that ought to show up at some point. When you leave they pat you down to make sure you aren't taking butterflies with you.