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An unexpected visit to Sioux Falls meant that I had time to explore the Sertoma Butterfly House and Marine Cove, which I’d never been to before. As a kid, I thought butterflies were hard to catch…try photographing them! The Blue Morpho butterflies were my favorite, and of course those proved to be the most difficult to photograph because they closed their beautiful wings to a dull, brown camouflage every time they landed.

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This squirrel and I had a stare down contest, and it froze in place for an impressive 90 seconds. While it wasn’t being friendly, it reminded of a scene from a favorite childhood movie, The Sword in the Stone (see below).

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Yes, I’m well aware these are geese. But here in Minnesota, they play a game of Duck, Duck, Gray Duck (not Goose). Who knows why. Do you?

P.S. Mom, I finally got a picture of animals, though it happened to be in a retention pond next to a hazardous waste area.