Everytime Mom and I drive to or from Waterloo we pass the butterfly conservatory around Milton and we never have time to go. My roommate, Jess, has the car this week and she and her boyfriend, Dave, were going to the conservatory and would I like to go? Oh yes! Great! she says, but be prepared for spending two hours in a car with us. (They bicker a lot..)
"Yes, we've blended the slow, dark sweetness of molasses with the cool, tanginess of mint. The result... MOLAS-O-MINT Life Savers! And what a flavour. So sweet! So delicious!"
All grown up. sniff sniff. I managed to catch a pretty awful picture of the last one just before it flew away. I haven't seen any of them since, but I'm keeping an eye out.
Feathers! I have seen some experimental flapping of the wings although I haven't caught it on camera yet. I hope to be around when they leave the nest.