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Two recent encounters with nature reminded me that us nature watchers have to be ready to receive unexpected pleasures — revelations even — at any time.
Nature chooses to reveal itself at the most unexpected times and in unlikely places.
At the end of a recent visit to the Rappahannock Library near Washington, Va., I saw a lima moth on a small boxwood growing just off the portico of the library.
It was a startlingly beautiful sight and, though I was in a hurry to get on with my morning’s business, I went back inside to speak of this beautiful sight.
My good friend, Librarian David Shaffer, issued to my impulses and cheerfully accompanied me outside, along with that day’s volunteer, Margaret McDermott. They, like me, were entranced by the beauty of this spectacular moth.
Along with printed enlightenment, the library is now a place for natural revelations. There is also the insight I , receive from encounters of the human kind, fascinating people visit and work at the , library.
My second sighting of a luna moth came soon after the first. One was resting on the white wall outside a little shop in The Plains. The Blue Peach has always had treasures that ' reflect the exquisite taste of its ■ owner, Catherine Eddy. Lee Trott was with me this time; it was she who went back inside to draw Cathy out to see the moth. Like the librarians, she was captivated by the pale green beauty of this ephemeral creature.
I am not alone in wishing
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