“Butterflies of Bali”

Tuesday
We awoke this morning to a phone call from our daughter Laura in Kuwait - just checking in. She’s been suffering rather for about the last week, with temperatures around 100F or more, and the air conditioning in both her apartment and car not working properly, and she couldn’t get them fixed initially because it was the Eid holiday. The last three nights she had slept at friends houses - she has a cooling fan which keeps the apartment bearable during the day, but makes too much noise for her to sleep at night! Anyway, when she called us, it had been fixed, and was beginning to cool the place down. Her car is at the garage - apparently it was more than just the air conditioning, so they have given her a loaner (with working AC) while it’s being fixed!
Late morning, we went to the Music Live at lunch concert at Christ Church cathedral downtown. Today was rather different - it was a guy playing Tibetan bowls, so it was kind of a spiritual, soothing and meditative experience.
At 3 pm we had tickets for the Butterfly show at Krohn Conservatory in Eden Park. It is an annual Spring/Summer event, but of course it didn’t happen last year. Normally, you would just turn up and get tickets at the door, but with Covid they are limiting numbers, so you have to buy tickets ahead of time. We tried going last week when the temperatures were a bit cooler, but tickets were sold out. Temperatures are warming up now - we will be in the upper 80s F by the weekend, and in a conservatory, wearing a mask, it was a bit stifling! The morning had been overcast and still a little on the cool side for the time of year, but by this time the sun was breaking through, and the temperatures were rising quickly. Whilst the exhibit is entitled Butterflies of Bali, not all the butterflies are native to Bali. It also includes butterflies from Central and South America, Asia, southern U.S.as well as native Ohio butterflies. Top left is a Cruiser, from Bali, central left is the Pipevine Swallowtail, native to Ohio, lower left is the Leopard Lacewing, from Bali, lower right is a Paper Kite, native to Asia, lower centre is a Malachite, native to Central and South America. The remaining two unfortunately I couldn’t see on their information sheets. It’s supposed to run through September, so I shall definitely try to get back again, hopefully on some relatively cooler days - I shan’t fancy going when the temperatures are 90F outside! It was still warm enough to eat our dinner out on the patio in the evening, so a good day