A mesmerizing Mother's Day

Slug: Whitehouse Date 5/9/2010 Toledo Blade/Amy E. Voigt Location: Whitehouse, Ohio CAPTION: Miriam Estevez holds her son Louis, seven months from Ypsilanti,Michigan while looking at a butterfly while spending Mother's Day with her children at The Butterfly House on May 9, 2010. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT Enlarge | Buy This Photo

Slug: Whitehouse Date 5/9/2010 Toledo Blade/Amy E. Voigt Location: Whitehouse, Ohio CAPTION: Nicole Flores, right, and her daughter Marah Flores, 2, from Bowling Green, look at a butterfly while spending Mother's Day with her children at The Butterfly House on May 9, 2010. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT Enlarge | Buy This Photo

Slug: Whitehouse Date 5/9/2010 Toledo Blade/Amy E. Voigt Location: Whitehouse, Ohio CAPTION: Karen Maier (cq), from Swanton, holds steady while a butterfly rests on her head while spending Mother's Day with her children at The Butterfly House on May 9, 2010. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT Enlarge | Buy This Photo

Miriam Estevez of Ypsilanti, Mich., holds her seven-month-old son, Louis, while admiring a resident of the Butterfly House near Whitehouse. She spent Mother's Day with her children at the site at 11455 Obee Rd. Numerous butterfl y varieties flit about the gardens there.

Right, a butterfl y captivates Nicole Flores and her daughter Marah, 2, of Bowling Green.

At right, a butterfly perches on the head of Karen Maier of Swanton, who also spent Mother's Day touring the gardens.