Now that the owlets have left the nest, I am slowing paying more attention to other aspects of nature.

   My wife's lavender has been attracting cabbage whites constantly for quite a bit, and I finally stopped and watched them long enough to appreciate their delicate grace and beauty.

  I know that cabbage whites are "common" butterflies, but I also know that I am still at the beginning of the learning curve about all sorts of flora and fauna, and things that more-accomplished observers may tend to ignore remain wondrous to me.

  It's a great feeling, being too "green" about a subject to take anything for granted yet.

   Ignorance is bliss -- especially when it is accompanied by a sense of anticipation about finding out more.