"Flutter Fantasy"

Most Fridays, Mom & I try to go out and do something fun. :) Last Fall we invested in a Family Membership to the Norfolk Botanical Gardens with great hopes of going go every Friday to enjoy the gardens in seasonal transition throughout the year and more importantly walking around the gardens for fitness. We've definitely gone more times than I thought we would! While we haven't done as much walking for fitness, this spring and summer we've seen some of our favorite flowers budding and blooming.

Today, we walked around in the extreme sun and 90 degree temps to see roses in full-bloom, over 200 hydrangeas (some of our faves), and the botanical garden's "Butterfly Fantasy" exhibit! A screened-in garden full of butterfly bushes and tons of other butterfly-attracting plants and flowers were enclose d and butterflies of all stages fluttered about. We saw mainly monarchs and other orange and black butterflies, Painted Ladies and the Gulf Fritillary, flying around or resting on the plants. Some of them were nice enough to hang out on a plant for a bit for me to snap a shot.