{"id":5252,"date":"2011-10-16T23:19:41","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T21:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=5252"},"modified":"2012-06-18T20:04:14","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T18:04:14","slug":"butterflies-and-a-brief-visit-to-stellenbosch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/butterflies-and-a-brief-visit-to-stellenbosch\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterflies and a brief visit to Stellenbosch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eventDate\">Friday 7 October 2011<\/div>\n<p>Following my nose operation (had for health reasons not cosmetic, just so we&#8217;re clear&#8230;) I took a brief break from late nights and loud music and had a quiet weekend, starting with a visit to Butterfly World and the University of Stellenbosch&#8217;s Botanical Gardens, two of my favourite places.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Glasswing_LMcC_4891.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-rl_title=\"Glasswing\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5268\" title=\"Glasswing\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Glasswing_LMcC_4891-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Glasswing\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Glasswing_LMcC_4891-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Glasswing_LMcC_4891.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ricepaper-butterfly_LMcC_4911.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-rl_title=\"Ricepaper Butterfly\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5269\" title=\"Ricepaper Butterfly\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ricepaper-butterfly_LMcC_4911-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ricepaper Butterfly\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ricepaper-butterfly_LMcC_4911-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ricepaper-butterfly_LMcC_4911.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/momiji_LMcC_5234.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-rl_title=\"Momiji\/Japanese Maple\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5276\" title=\"Momiji\/Japanese Maple\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/momiji_LMcC_5234-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Momiji\/Japanese Maple\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/momiji_LMcC_5234-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/momiji_LMcC_5234.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->I don&#8217;t remember when I last visited the butterflies but felt a revisit was overdue&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5252 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ricepaper-butterfly_LMcC_4698.jpg' title=\"Ricepaper Butterfly\" data-rl_title=\"Ricepaper Butterfly\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ricepaper-butterfly_LMcC_4698-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ricepaper Butterfly\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/glasswing_LMcC_4707.jpg' title=\"Glasswing\" data-rl_title=\"Glasswing\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/glasswing_LMcC_4707-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Glasswing\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/glasswing_LMcC_4739.jpg' title=\"Glasswing\" data-rl_title=\"Glasswing\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/glasswing_LMcC_4739-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Glasswing\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Glasswing_LMcC_4774.jpg' title=\"Glasswing\" data-rl_title=\"Glasswing\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Glasswing_LMcC_4774-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Glasswing\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/butterfly_LMcC_4783.jpg' title=\"Butterfly\" data-rl_title=\"Butterfly\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/butterfly_LMcC_4783-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Butterfly\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Glasswing_LMcC_4813.jpg' title=\"Glasswing\" data-rl_title=\"Glasswing\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Glasswing_LMcC_4813-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Glasswing\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Glasswings_LMcC_4821.jpg' title=\"Glasswings\" data-rl_title=\"Glasswings\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Glasswings_LMcC_4821-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Glasswings\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Glasswing_LMcC_4835.jpg' title=\"Glasswing\" data-rl_title=\"Glasswing\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Glasswing_LMcC_4835-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Glasswing\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Glasswing_LMcC_4845.jpg' title=\"Glasswing\" data-rl_title=\"Glasswing\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Glasswing_LMcC_4845-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Glasswing\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Glasswing_LMcC_4852.jpg' title=\"Glasswing\" data-rl_title=\"Glasswing\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Glasswing_LMcC_4852-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Glasswing\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ricepaper-butterly_LMcC_4919.jpg' title=\"Ricepaper Butterfly\" data-rl_title=\"Ricepaper Butterfly\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ricepaper-butterly_LMcC_4919-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ricepaper Butterfly\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/butterfly-cu2_LMcC_5164.jpg' title=\"Butterfly\" data-rl_title=\"Butterfly\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/butterfly-cu2_LMcC_5164-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Butterfly\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/little-bird_LMcC_4949.jpg' title=\"little bird\" data-rl_title=\"little bird\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/little-bird_LMcC_4949-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"little bird\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Iguana_LMcC_5003.jpg' title=\"Iguana\" data-rl_title=\"Iguana\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Iguana_LMcC_5003-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Iguana\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/dove_LMcC_5046.jpg' title=\"dove\" data-rl_title=\"dove\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/dove_LMcC_5046-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"dove\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The US Botanical Gardens (the Asian section in particular) are beautiful; if I lived in Stellenbosch I&#8217;d probably go visit them every day. It was really hot there on Friday and I didn&#8217;t take any photos apart from a few of their beautiful Momiji\/Japanese Maple tree.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/momiji_LMcC_5213.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-rl_title=\"Momiji\/Japanese Maple\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5275\" title=\"Momiji\/Japanese Maple\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/momiji_LMcC_5213-575x383.jpg\" alt=\"Momiji\/Japanese Maple\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/momiji_LMcC_5213-575x383.jpg 575w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/momiji_LMcC_5213-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/momiji_LMcC_5213.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ceres &amp; Stellenbosch\" href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/ceres-and-stellenbosch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Some photos from my last visit to the gardens<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More butterflies on my <a title=\"facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.182796615119056.48719.182524021812982&amp;type=1\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a> and <a title=\"select 'insects'\" href=\"\/work\/Photography\/\" target=\"_blank\">portfolio.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday 7 October 2011 Following my nose operation (had for health reasons not cosmetic, just so we&#8217;re clear&#8230;) I took a brief break from late nights and loud music and had a quiet weekend, starting with a visit to Butterfly &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/butterflies-and-a-brief-visit-to-stellenbosch\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[233,55,24,164,22,558,98,34,129,33],"class_list":["post-5252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-out-about","category-photography","tag-butterfly","tag-cape-town","tag-macro","tag-nature","tag-plants-flowers","tag-special-places","tag-stellenbosch","tag-summer","tag-us-botanical-gardens","tag-weekends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5252"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8769,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252\/revisions\/8769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}