Keen to try out the new camera on real butterflies, I visited the Papiliorama today. Unusually, there was very little flying - nothing like the number of species I habitually see there. But I'm pleased to report the camera made photographing them incredibly easy. A new era beckons ...
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Because it is winter and Minnie has to wait in kennels outside the butterfly house while I go inside, I took her basket and a coat passed down from my sister's dog, Toby, who died last year. They kept her warm - and I think Minnie felt rather smart, even though the coat was a size too big for her ...
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