Indianapolis Zoo Part 1

Well, if you couldn't figure it out, we went to the zoo on Saturday.  It wasn't a very good day, a little cold and windy.  Some animals were happy and enjoying the day outside, others did not come out at all.  It was still a fun day.

The first place we went to was a butterfly exhibit at White River Gardens it's part of your admission to the zoo. 

Here we are inside the building

Almost right away when we got inside the butterfly exhibit a butterfly flew onto your aunt's shoulder and stayed there for quite sometime.   A very nice lady offered to take the picture (as other did too)

Can you see it on the shoulder by the collar of her jacket?   We think maybe the butterfly liked the color of the collar since it was a similar color.

A closer look of the butterfly

At 11:00 am and 1 pm they have a "butterfly launch"  One of the workers goes into this case

and finds new butterflies that came out of their chrysalis.  Do you know what the life cycle of a butterfly is?  You can learn more about that at this link.

So we were there at the perfect time when they released 5 new butterflies!   Here is one that was a favorite of the people visiting the exhibit. It is very pretty! 

More pictures we would like to share.....

The exhibit is interesting because you walk around and there are butterflies flhying around and as you can see from the pictures above, landing on flowers that are everywhere.  It is a 2-level exhibit and you can see the people walking around below us.

Once the weather gets nicer, there will be flowers outside to see and many other things to see. You can learn more about White River Gardens by clicking on the butterfly picture below.

Look for more updates this week!! 

your friend,


Flat