Saturday Critters ~ 145 ~

While we were in Canada, we visited a 

Butterfly Conservatory

with over 2000 colorful, tropical, free flying butterflies.

Seeing most of these butterflies for the first time,

I learned that once a butterfly leaves it's pupae and takes flight,

their life span is only two weeks.

The Monarch Butterfly lives a little longer, 
2 - 6 weeks and will migrate south, as far as Mexico City, for winter.

I took a lot of pictures, I am going to share half today.
I purchased an identification book, but not all of the butterflies were in it.

Cairns Bird Wing

Tiger Longwing

Owl

Rice Paper

Tiger Longwing

Owl

Tiger Longwing

They liked Chuck, he had at least ten land on him while we were there.

Me...I got one, but I could not have been happier!

Sharing today's images with

Eileen at Viewing Nature With Eileen

The Hornblower...

While in Canada, at Niagara Falls, we did what most tourists do...the world famous 

Hornblower Cruise 

that brings you right in to the heart of the American Falls

and the Horseshoe Falls.

A 20 minute daytime boat ride, this is one of the best attractions in Niagara Falls.

Hold on tight, it's going to get slippery and you will get wet.

There is no "splash zone" the entire boat is a splash zone!

So let's put on our red rain coat that does absolutely nothing to keep us dry,

then we will board the boat like a herd of cattle.

To say that the boat is crowded, is a severe understatement.

It was fun, slippery, wet and wild!!