When 2-year-old Rowan Clark walked into the Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures and saw other children dressed up as fairies and goblins, he turned to his mother, Elizabeth, and confessed that he wanted to be a butterfly.
Later, Rowan hovered over a glass floor, a window into an entire winter village. His mother picked him up, lifting him over her head so he could soar past the towns.
For a few moments, Rowan really was a butterfly.
"We've never been to a museum of miniatures before," Elizabeth Clark said. "I didn't know what to expect, but it's really magical." Clark and her children were visiting the museum, at 4455 E. Camp Lowell Drive, for a May Day celebration.
Activities included a May Pole dance performed by students from Desert Sky Community School, arts and crafts and a show by magician Patrick Brestel.
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A Fairy and Goblin Parade led by piper Tori Hauk weaved its way through the museum several times during the afternoon.
If You Go
What: The Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures.
Where: 4455 E. Camp Lowell Drive.
When: Open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Cost: $7 adults, $6 seniors, $5 youth (ages 4-17); children under 3 get in for free.
For more information: Go to www.theminitimemachine.org or call 881-0606.
Contact photographer James Gregg at jgregg@azstarnet.com or 520-954-4969.
