Tell me a Story: July 2017

Recently when I visited the Butterfly World I got to see some stunning butterfly, along with the beautiful Passiflora plants.  One of the other aspects of the Butterfly World is it aviaries with a variety of birds.  Like some things in life,  walking in aviaries with birds can be messy, and the Lorikeets were the messiest of the lot.   I had to go and wash my shirt after I exited that cage.

Here are a few of the birds I got to see.

Sparkling Violet Ear Humingbird

 

Sparkling Violet Ear Hummingbird

 

Finch (Australian)

 

Finch (Australian)

 

 

Blue Black Grassquit (Brasil)

 

 

Budgies (Australia)

 

Budgies (Australia)

 

Lorikeets (New Guinea)

 

The beautiful Macaw

 

Red Legged Honeycreeper (S.Mexico – N. Boliva)

 

Canary (Canary Islands)

 

Red Cheeked Cordon Bleu (Africa)

 

Black-faced Dacnis (South America)

 

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30 Minutes in the Life: July 2017

In 2013, a number of photographers got together to form 30 Minutes in the Life.  A few years ago that morphed into Journey to Artist with the 30 minutes blog being a part of that group.  However, recently the Journey to Artist administrators felt the need to step away from the Facebook page and the blog group due to other commitments in their lives.  It has been such a pleasure working with these ladies and it was sad to see things come to a halt.  The blog group decided to continue blogging and moving forward the Journey to Artist page will become 30 Minutes in the Life once again.  The Facebook page will also change to 30 Minutes in the Life and we will see over the months how it evolves.

For this month’s 30 Minutes I am going to share the beauty of the Passiflora blossom. Beautiful butterfly’s evolve from caterpillars and the Passiflora is the food source for those caterpillar. I headed out to the Butterfly World recently and enjoyed a huge variety of butterflies in sub tropical temperatures, filled with butterflies and mosquito.  I was convinced I was a candidate for the Zika virus, but honestly it was worth the visit.  After leaving the butterfly enclosure, I walked though a Passiflora covered walkway.  Not all of the blossoms were out but what I did see was so beautiful.  I have bought three packs of seeds and I hope to grow a wall of passiflora blossom.

I hope you enjoy the beauty of these gorgeous plants.

 

Passiflora Mary Jane

 

Passiflora Lavender Lady

 

 

Passiflora Mary Jane

 

Passiflora Inspiration

 

Pasiflora Grace Ann

 

 

Pasiflora Inspiration

 

Passiflora Joan Marie

 

Passiflora Inspiration

 

This is not a passiflora but I thought it was pretty.

 

Passiflora Peter Lawrence

 

And thank you for joining me for this month’s 30 Minutes in Life.    This is a circle blog.  Please take time to visit my friend and fellow blogger Liz Godfrey Photography and see what she has for you this month.   Keep following the circle to see what the other photographers have shared this month. Don’t forget to leave a little love on their pages.

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