Yesterday Xander and I spent the day at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. The butterfly habitat is an amazing experience that I highly recommend! 
Did you know the lifespan of a butterfly is only 14 days?
The easiest way to recreate a butterfly habitat is by placing mushy, rotten fruit in your garden. Soon you will have butterflies visiting! 
Butterflies are near-sighted but can see ultraviolet colors that are invisible to the human eye.
Butterflies are cold blooded, so they will not fly if the temperature is below 50 degrees.
“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”
- Rabindranath Tagore
“Love is like a butterfly, it goes where it pleases and it pleases where it goes”
“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”- Nathaniel Hawthorne
This one found it’s happiness on the top of my head.
There are an estimated 24,000 different types of these beatiful insects. 
Happiness does not land gently on my shoulder like a butterfly. She pounces on my lap, demanding that I scratch behind her ears. -Unknown
This is my true happiness, scratching on my ears…
Now fly away and find your happiness my friend.
Getting out there and linking up to Life Rearranged, Give Me Your Best Shot, Favorite Photo Friday, On Snap, Photo Friday,and Our Week By I-Phone
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Great post! You have some gorgeous pics here! Love the one of the butterfly on your head; too funny! Great capture!
Beautiful photographs! found you via twitter and am now following. Lovely blog! Tell me you didn’t take all of those photos on an Iphone? Is that what the linkup says???
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Those are amazing photos! Wonderful story and I love your blog!
That butterfly garden looks amazing. I would love to see that!! I wish they had something like that here in Hawaii!!
I featured this post in my Monday Bytes because I really enjoyed it. If you have time check it out here!!
http://www.whatjeanlikes.com/2012/05/monday-bytes-2.html
xoxo,
Jean
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How did you know I loved butterflies!
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These are beautiful and I love the information you provided about the butterflies.
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Wow! Beautiful photos! I absolutely love the one of the butterfly on the pineapple. Beautiful color and lighting!
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June 22, 2012 at 6:34 PM
I just saw your link-up on Chasing Joy’s flashback friday post. These are some really lovely photos. You really captured their fragility and subtle coloring so well.
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June 22, 2012 at 10:10 PM
Beautiful pictures! Stopping by from the Chasing Joy blog hop!
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June 23, 2012 at 8:48 PM
This is a really beautiful post. The pictures. Your Narrative. The quotes. Awesome!!!
Thank you for Sharing it for #Flashback Friday
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