Fun in the park

As kids get older they spend more time playing computer games and watching TV. The older they get their activity level decreases to less than 1 hour per day which can be harmful to their health says the National Institutes of Health. This might explain why 32 percent of kids in grades 5, 7 and are overweight. Kids and teens need a break from computer games, television and sitting around most of the day. Kids and teens who are very active have less weight problems, less emotional problems, more muscle, more stamina, better self-esteem, and better health.

Adult butterflies can disperse by flight, sometimes long distances, to either colonize new areas with fresh plants for the caterpillars or even migrate long distances to escape our freezing winters, such as Monarchs flying to Mexico or coastal California for the winter.

Butterflies have four wings.

Butterflies often have brightly coloured wings with unique patterns made up of tiny scales.

Most butterflies feed on nectar from flowers.

Butterflies have taste receptors on their feet

Monarch butterflies are known for their long migration. Every year monarch butterflies will travel a great distance (sometimes over 4000 km), females will lay eggs and a new generation of monarchs will travel back, completing the cycle.

If there's one thing that can make or break a photograph more than any other, it's lighting. You might have the most incredible landscape or stunning portrait model, but without the right quality of light you can still be left with a flat, dull, and uninspiring photo.

This is particularly true in outdoor photography - it can often be difficult or impossible to use artificial lighting to illuminate your subject, so you're completely reliant on the natural light.

Thankfully, we have the perfect solution - the so-called "golden hour"

Macro photos of water droplets isn’t exactly something that might have your brimming with excitement, but we thing that after you have a look at these, you might be firing up your macro lens and heading into the garden on the next dewy morning.

The golden hour rule can be applied to any type of outdoor photography. As well as the more obvious subjects such as landscapes and city scenes, it also works well for outdoor portraits, shots of flowers and plants, and even certain types of still life such as cars.