A butterfly by any other name

What matters is what something is, not what it is called.

I'm always wanting to know - what is that? I found this little beauty flitting around my flower beds. Because it graced me with a view with it's wings wide open for a second, I've determined that it is not a Cabbage Butterfly, but a Margined White Butterfly. A Cabbage Butterfly has black spots on it's wings. I could be wrong, but does it matter? No. I'm enchanted by the delicate veins, the glowing tips on its antennae, it's buggy little eyes and the fuzzy, soft edges on it's wings. Thank you little creature for visiting my home.

A butterfly, graceful and enchanting

Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, small but approachable, butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life.  And everyone deserves a little sunshine.

~Jeffrey Glassberg~

Sunshine, freedom, and flowers

Swallowtail on my lilac bush - f5.6, 1/640s, ISO200

"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower." 

~Hans Christian Anderson~

Macro Monday at Lisa's Chaos

Queen Anne's Lace

I did this for a 'Scrap Your Flowers' challenge over at Digital Scrapper. I loved that this butterfly landed on the white Queen Anne's Lace - so fitting.