Magic Wings is aptly named.
It’s a large greenhouse like building with meandering paths filled with tropical foliage, blooms, birds and…..
Butterflies!
Everywhere you look…
There were bright bursts of color flitting from leaf to leaf…
And hat to hat.
The husband was popular among the winged set at first…
But I had my admirers as well.
It really was quite magical.
As a matter of fact, I am.
There were brightly colored birds…
And brightly colored feeding stations.
Sugared water in a dish scrubber? Might be worth trying at home.
It wasn’t easy photographing them as they’re constantly on the move.
And even more impossible to film them flying by.
But rotting bananas seemed to be a good pit stop.
This blue fellow was terribly hard to catch standing still.
While these two were battling tooth and nail for the right to that impatient bloom.
You had to be careful where you walked, and sat….
Since butterflies expend an enormous amount of energy flying from flower to flower, they sometimes run out of oomph and simply drop to the floor in front of you.
And sometimes, if you were lucky…
You captured a little butterfly porn.
It was lovely.
And if you’re asking the question, “Have you petted your fringed lizard today?”
Why yes….
Yes, I have.
Her name was Samantha, and she was a very sweet girl.
Don’t judge.
Reptiles need love too….
River's world..... 
Your photos are great. I especially like the one of your hand with your beautiful rings and the butterfly together. It looks like something out of an ad for hand cream.
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Thank you.
Perhaps I missed my calling…? Undiscovered hand talent. A terrible thing to waste.
😉
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Really beautiful! But girl did you really just pet that lizard?! God bless you in your bravery. 😆
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I did.
And enjoyed it as well!
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Yeah, yeah, okay, amazing butterflies, but can we talk about how you always find the best memes?!?!
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It’s about patience.
That, and a total lack of doing anything productive on blog day…..
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Vegas has a butterfly exhibit in the Bellagio
https://www.bellagio.com/en/entertainment/conservatory-botanical-garden.html
I could have spent all day in there with the flowers and butteflies….
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It’s just so… peaceful.
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it is.
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Yep feeling pretty normal right about now. A new feeling 🙂
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I have to throw a little normal in once in a while… just to break things up.
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I always say it isn’t a trip to the zoo (or any other place that has animals on display) if you don’t get to see a little humpday action…
That said, I went through the butterfly “house” on my last trip to the zoo and never really felt comfortable in there. The butterfly to people ratio was somewhere near swarm levels, and I don’t do well with objects flying all around me like that…
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I thoroughly enjoyed the brightly colored swarm. The more the merrier!
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You would love our “Butterfly World” plus they have food to eat!!!
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This place had food as well, we just didn’t partake.
😉
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Samantha looks super cute and definitely deserves petting!
My husband and I once visited a butterfly farm in Aruba and only one came even remotely near us, landing on my husband’s camera as he was taking a picture. Glad your butterflies were friendlier.
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She was surprisingly dry, soft and warm. Cuddly even…
And yes, our butterflies were flirty little devils.
😊
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Beautiful and magical indeed! 🙂
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I highly recommend being butterfly swarmed.
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Agreed. It’s been more than a year. Maybe one cold winter’s day 🙂
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I wish we had one closer. I’d make weekly visits from December to April!
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I am so jealous! I want to be butterfly swarmed! Beautiful! This would so be my happy place if we had a butterfly habitat close by! Thanks for being an amazing photographer! Mona
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I loved it as well. My pics were just snapped with my phone… but there were some serious cameras being used while we were there. Such pretty subjects!
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