Where I take too many photos

I went to the Canadian Museum of Nature with my parents tonight, as Thursdays offer free admission after 5PM. It actually turned out to be really great since there was a cool exhibit on moths, and the temporary frog exhibit I fell in love with months ago was still around.

Dress - Thrifted from the Salvation Army

Tights - Fancy Sox

Shell Earings - AdorIt

So as the title says, I took way too many photos (especially of myself), and I can't stop myself from sharing them. (Although I did cut down from a far larger amount, hah.) We first went downstairs into the Animalium, my favourite place in the whole museum. They have terrariums with all sorts of creepy crawlies, and a huge open window letting you see the "back area" where staff care for and raise the creatures.

My mam checking out the giant snails.

Tarantula love!

Back area as seen through window... wish I worked there!

From there we went straight up to the top floor, to check out the exhibit on birds. I was a little surprised to see a bunch of people sitting on stools, drawing and sketching the mounted birds, but hey, why not? Apparently an art class teacher brings her students there to do still lifes.

A woman drawing.

And this bird was just adorable :)

Attempting to photograph myself with the display bird...

The view from the top floor, through the new glass tower. I dig that you can see the stairs and interior hall so well reflected! They actually just finished the construction work on the new tower this year.

We quickly passed through the section about the oceans and marine life...

*glassy eyed stare*

The section about the earth and minerals and rocks is really quite gorgeous. Their display cases are beautifully laid out, and each has an adjoining touch screen with information on each of the minerals or jewels shown within.

An attempt at a shot with the polar bear in the Mammals exhibit...

The cougar, my favourite big cat!

The exhibit on moths was actually really cool. Not what I had expected, but certainly not disappointing. Moths from Ontario and Quebec had been photographed, then enlarged in great detail and printed with an ink jet printer.

My father taking a quick rest in the gallery.

They had the actual moths displayed at the end.

And I saved the best - in my opinion - for last! The Frogs!

And that's it! Thanks for hanging in there! Cheers!