(Educational information on Yellowstone National Park, The Butterfy Place, and New England is contained on these pages.)
I have tried to capture pictorally some of the great places that I've visited. Each thumbnail takes you to pages with more pictures. If you like these pictures, or would like to reuse them as a screen saver or for personal use, please send email to Ilene. (These pictures may not be redistributed or used commercially without permission.)
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The Butterfly Place in Westford, MA is a privately run learning center. It is a peaceful, enclosed garden with hundreds of butterflies and moths. As you walk through this little paradise, the butterflies flit around your head, and sometimes land on you. Open from May to September, its a great place to go for a class trip or family outing. Plan to spend a couple of hours. When the center opens again, I will put more in information on the location and identify some of the critters you see on the attached pages.
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New England in the fall is an enigma. One day is hot, the next brings a freeze. In some fall seasons the colors are incredible; brilliant reds, oranges and yellows outline the trees which blaze as the sun rests on their leaves. Other autumns are marked by the glow of brown tones throughout the colors. This fall (1995) was marred by a summer with little rain, so many leaves just died and fell. Yet even in a season without much color, one can always find a tree or 2 that does justice to the whole season. Most of the trees in this picture pale against the horizen, but two stand alone in their colorful glory.